Adlai Stevenson: “The spirit of the mob is in deadly antagonism to all constituted authority.”

Judgment and prudence should be mixed in equal parts with love and affection in the transaction, to secure a lasting and happy union.

The whole creation of God has neither nook nor corner where the guilty can bestow it and say it is safe.

In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt, But, being seasoned with a gracious voice, Obscures the show of evil.

We strive in vain to look beyond the heights.