“There comes a time in every endeavor when one must take fate by the lapels and explain the need for urgency.”
“And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic nor popular - but one must take it because it is right.”
“When we fight upstream against a rocky undercurrent, every foothold takes on a kind of urgency.”
“There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must take it because conscience tells him it is right.”
“To be misunderstood is the shy man's fate on every occasion; and whatever impression he endeavors to create, he is sure to convey its opposite.”
“History teaches that grave threats to liberty often come in times of urgency, when constitutional rights seem too extravagant to endure.”