The most important political office is that of private citizen. - Louis D. Brandeis

What I have desired to do is to make the people of Boston realize that the most important office, and the one which all of us can and should fill, is that of private citizen. The duties of the office of private citizen cannot under a republican form of government be neglected without serious injury to the public.

If we would guide by the light of reason, we must let our minds be bold.

If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable.