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

What would it be like if I could accept life--accept this moment--exactly as it is?

I found that no food tastes as good as what it feels like to be healthy.

Truth comes to us from the past, as gold is washed down from the mountains of Sierra Nevada, in minute but precious particles, and intermixed with infinite alloy, the debris of the centuries.

And now, I'm a best selling author, a different sort of fairy tale that I still sometimes wonder when I'll wake up from.

After a while, if you are sufficiently bored or unemployed, you may want to read it from cover to cover.

The destruction of images, the first signs of which reach back to the 1920s, eliminated a lot of kitsch and unworthy art, but ultimately it left behind a void.

Don't put yourself on a pedestal. Because it's very easy for someone to knock you off. It's balance.

Overcoming naive impressions to figure out how things really work is one of humanity's highest callings.

Life is soul's nursery- its training place for the destinies of eternity.

Everybody contributes something to the system, and everybody suffers from the system.