I was brought up to believe that Scotch whisky would need a tax preference to survive in competition with Kentucky bourbon.

The press was to serve the governed, not the governors.

A union of government and religion tends to destroy government and to degrade religion.

Among religions in this country which do not teach what would generally be considered a belief in the existence of God are Buddhism, Taoism, Ethical Culture, Secular Humanism and others.

There can be no equal justice where the kind of trial a man gets depends on the amount of money he has.

Freedom of speech means that you shall not do something to people either for the views they have, or the views they express, or the words they speak or write.

The layman's constitutional view is that what he likes is constitutional and that which he doesn't like is unconstitutional.

An unconditional right to say what one pleases about public affairs is what I consider to be the minimum guarantee of the First Amendment.

When I was 40, my doctor advised me that a man in his 40s shouldn't play tennis. I heeded his advice carefully and could hardly wait until I reached 50 to start again.

The Framers of the Constitution knew that free speech is the friend of change and revolution. But they also knew that it is always the deadliest enemy of tyranny.

The very reason for the First Amendment is to make the people of this country free to think, speak, write and worship as they wish, not as the Government commands.

Aim for the stars. You will sooner reach the moon.

Life didn't come with a fool-proof manual.

I stood in the isle thinking about my future, while the man next to me complained, but when I asked him what his dream was he never answered.

If you are not happy with the work you do, change it

After all, addiction is just the last stage of consumerism.

In reality, every reality is a veil over reality.

Isolating mechanisms are biological properties of individuals that prevent the interbreeding of populations that are actually or potentially sympatric.

Creativity is a god who comes around only when he pleases, and it isn't very often. But when he does come around, he sits at my desk and folds his wings and I offer him whatever he wants.

A child hasn't a grown-up person's appetite for affection. A little of it goes a long way with them; and they like a good imitation of it better than the real thing, as every nurse knows.

I would consent to have a limb amputated to recover my spirits