It is possible to hold a faith with enough confidence to believe that what should be rendered to God does not need to be decided and collected by Caesar.

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.

Unlocking the power of your subconscious mind is a simple process, requiring only your willingness and effort.

Life moves forward, not backward, and it would be wise to listen to what change has to say.

We have choice, ” she insisted. “This is it. We don’t get to choose our choices, Gwain, we just get to make the ones we’re given...

Once when he was still young, I saw a bit of his scalp showing through his hair and I was afraid. But it was just a cowlick. Now sometimes it shows through for real, but I feel only tenderness.

Scientific truth is universal, because it is only discovered by the human brain and not made by it, as art is.

I've learned that I am allowed to say what I like and what I don't like. And I've learned that I have to be professional and not be everyone's best friend.

If we want a beloved community, we must stand for justice, have recognition for difference without attaching difference to privilege.

The Moon! Artemis! the great goddess of the splendid past of men! Are you going to tell me she is a dead lump?

I sold my very first novel when I was 24 or 25 years old.

I am God and I am coming to find you.