But the validity of a doctrine does not depend on whose ox it gores.

The day that this country ceases to be free for irreligion it will cease to be free for religion - except for the sect that can win political power.

It is not the function of government to keep the citizen from falling into error; it is the function of the citizen to keep the government from falling into error.

Those who begin coercive elimination of dissent soon find themselves exterminating dissenters. Compulsory unification of opinion achieves only the unanimity of the graveyard.

The common sense of mankind demands that law shall not stop with the punishment of petty crimes by little people. It must also reach men who possess themselves of great power.

I see no reason why I should be consciously wrong today because I was unconsciously wrong yesterday.

The price of freedom of religion or of speech or of the press is that we must put up with, and even pay for, a good deal of rubbish.

One's right to life, liberty, and property depends on the outcome of no election.

The most odious of all oppressions are those which mask as justice.

The priceless heritage of our society is the unrestricted constitutional right of each member to think as he will. Thought control is a copyright of totalitarianism, and we have no claim to it.

The very purpose of a bill of rights is to withdraw certain subjects from...political controversy, to place them beyond the reach of majorities.

One should not have to live in the dark.

When humanity stops confusing the construct with the Kingdom - we'll begin to recognize the Truth.

Every man for himself.

Enjoy most: the prospect of having an impact on the public debate. Irritating liberals is a close second.

The question to ask when you look at security is not whether this makes us safer, but whether it's worth the trade-off.

In any field, it's a plus if you view criticism as potentially helpful advice rather than as a personal attack.

Every desire of yours that comes true brings you a little closer to seeing that what you wanted exists nowhere but in you.

The sweetest memory is that which involves something which one should not have done; the bitterest, that which involves something which one should not have done, and which one did not do.

Metallica is like the phoenix rising from the ashes. We set everything on fire, and this is what has risen from it - St. Anger being the fire and Death Magnetic being the phoenix.

The greatest obstacle to enlightenment is getting past your delusion that you are not already enlightened.