The glory of Christianity is to conquer by forgiveness. – William Blake
The foundation of empire is art and science. Remove them or degrade them, and the empire is no more. Empire follows art and not vice versa as Englishmen suppose. – William Blake
Always be ready to speak your mind, and a base man will avoid you. – William Blake
Consequences flow from a justices interpretation in a direct and immediate way. A judicial decision respecting the incompatibility of Jim Crow with a constitutional guarantee of equality is not simply a contemplative exercise in defining the shape of a just society. It is an order – Justice William J. Brennan, Jr.