“In the frank expression of conflicting opinions lies the greatest promise of wisdom in governmental action.”
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Our government... teaches the whole people by its example. If the government becomes the lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law it invites every man to become a law unto himself it invites anarchy.
If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable.
America has believed that in differentiation, not in uniformity, lies the path of progress. It acted on this belief it has advanced human happiness, and it has prospered.
We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both.