Quotes by Harlan Stone

“Democracy cannot survive without the guidance of a creative minority.”

“To say that only those businesses affected with a public interest may be regulated is but another way of stating that all those businesses which may be regulated are affected with a public interest”

“Distinctions between citizens solely because of their ancestry are by their very nature odious to a free people whose institutions are founded upon the doctrine of equality”

“The gesture, albeit insulting, had no sexual meaning, did not appeal to anyones prurient interest, and did not create a public disturbance or breach of the peace.”

Distinctions between citizens solely because of their ancestry are by their very nature odious to a free people whose institutions are founded upon the doctrine of equality.