America was born of revolt, flourished in dissent, became great through experimentation.

Education is essential to change, for education creates both new wants and the ability to satisfy them.

A free society cherishes nonconformity. It knows from the non-conformist, from the eccentric, have come many of the great ideas.

Men in authority will always think that criticism of their policies is dangerous. They will always equate their policies with patriotism, and find criticism subversive.

The Bill of Rights was not written to protect governments from trouble. It was written precisely to give the people the constitutional means to cause trouble for governments they no longer trusted.

Censorship always defeats it own purpose, for it creates in the end the kind of society that is incapable of exercising real discretion.

History is organized memory, and the organization is all important!

Change does not necessarily assure progress, but progress implacably requires change.

If our democracy is to flourish, it must have criticism; if our government is to function it must have dissent.

The Americans who framed our Constitution felt that without freedom of religion no other freedom counted.

History is a jangle of accidents, blunders, surprises and absurdities, and so is our knowledge of it, but if we are to report it at all we must impose some order upon it.

I’m lonely, and he can see it. Maybe everyone can see it.

I don't want to go anywhere outside of gymnastics.

Positioning, anticipation and technique create quickness. Therefore, you can always get quicker

A man is as good as he has to be, and a woman is as bad as she dares

The real American type can never be a ballet dancer. The legs are too long, the body too supple and the spirit too free for this school of affected grace and toe walking.

Elinor could sit still no longer. She almost ran out of the room, and as soon as the door was closed, burst into tears of joy, which at first she thought would never cease.

I think the unconditional love you get from an animal, especially a dog, is better than anything else.

A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes a lot of hard work.

We will never recognize the true value of our own lives until we affirm the value in the life of others.

I'm so scared of doing theater. I've got stage fright, although they keep asking me to come back.