Freedom of the press is not an end in itself but a means to the end of achieving a free society.

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

Appeal must be to an informed, civically militant electorate.

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.

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The world is beautiful but not sayable. That's why we need art.

I don't plan on being disappointed. We plan on being really good, and obviously we plan on winning.

Most men make the voyage of life as if they carried sealed orders which they were not to open till they were fairly in mid-ocean.

Don't tell your kids you had an easy birth or they won't respect you. For years I used to wake up my daughter and say, 'Melissa you ripped me to shreds. Now go back to sleep.'.

I just think if the song's good, sing it. I don't care who's doing it. I don't care if it's a country act. I don't care if it's a rock act. If the song's good, sing it.

Whether the gods are inside or outside makes very little difference to whether there are gods.

But I was singing loud, and most singers weren't singing loud.

Today's recording techniques would have been regarded as science fiction forty years ago.

It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future.