That government is best which governs least.

If the machine of government is of such a nature that it requires you to be the agent of injustice to another, then, I say, break the law.

How does it become a man to behave towards the American government today? I answer, that he cannot without disgrace be associated with it.

Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison.

Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes for an instant?