To believe that patriotism will not flourish if patriotic ceremonies are voluntary... is to make an unflattering estimate of the appeal of our institutions to free minds.
The same principles which at first view lead to skepticism pursued to a certain point bring men back to common sense.
That neither our thoughts nor passions nor ideas formed by the imagination...
Others indeed may talk and write and fight about liberty and make an...
Men always makes gods in their own image.
The only laws a man can truly respect are the ones he makes for himself.
Any man who has the brains to think and the nerve to act for the benefit...
