Appeal must be to an informed, civically militant electorate.

The mark of a truly civilized man is confidence in the strength and security derived from the inquiring mind.

The history of liberty has largely been the history of the observance of procedural safeguards.

The real rulers in Washington are invisible, and exercise power from behind the scenes.

Gratitude is one of the least articulate of the emotions, especially when it is deep.

We have enjoyed so much freedom for so long that we are perhaps in danger of forgetting how much blood it cost to establish the Bill of Rights.

It is a wise man who said that there is no greater inequality than the equal treatment of unequals.

Wisdom too often never comes, and so one ought not to reject it merely because it comes late.

Freedom of speech and of the press are essential to the enlightenment of a free people and in restraining those who wield power.

There can be no security where there is fear.

No office in the land is more important than that of being a citizen.

If there is a god, I think he has a sense of humour. He does not require human beings to protect him from satire.

I don't know why wicked places generally look wicked. You'd think they'd look nice, to fool people, but they hardly ever do.

We have always had gross humor. But we try for funny, not gross.

It's a fool's life, a rogue's life, and a good life if you keep laughing all the way to the grave.

There are three kinds of people: those who can count, and those who cannot.

No matter how true I believe what I am writing to be, if the reader cannot also participate in that truth, then I have failed.

My definition of a father is someone who empowers their children.

Life is a mirror, it reflects your face. Be friendly, and all of life will reflect friendliness.

An economist is a scoundrel who tells you the way things are rather than the way you want them to be.

History with its flickering lamp stumbles along the trail of the past, trying to reconstruct its scenes, to revive its echoes, and kindle with pale gleams the passion of former days.