The first principle of a free society is an untrammeled flow of words in an open forum

The definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular

We must recover the element of quality in our traditional pursuit of equality. We must not, in opening our schools to everyone, confuse the idea that all should have equal chance with the notion that all have equal endowments.

A hypocrite is the kind of politician who would cut down a redwood tree, then mount the stump and make a speech for conservation

It is often easier to fight for principles than to live up to them

In quiet places, reason abounds

Man is a strange animal. He generally cannot read the handwriting on the wall until his back is up against it.

You can tell the size of a man by the size of the thing that makes him mad

The free press is the mother of all our liberties and of our progress under liberty

Man does not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eat them