If the truth were self-evident, eloquence would be unnecessary.

There exists a law, not written down anywhere, but inborn in our hearts, a law which comes to us not by training or custom or reading, a law which has come to us not from theory but from practice, not by instruction but by natural intuition. I refer to the law which lays down that, if our lives are endangered by plots or violence or armed robbers or enemies, any and every method of protecting ourselves is morally right.”

The more laws, the less justice.

Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice; moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.

There is not only an art, but an eloquence in it.

Love is the attempt to form a friendship inspired by beauty