No office in the land is more important than that of being a citizen.

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.

To enjoy the beauty and abundance of life, revitalize your life.

We still have so many cultures in which people are imprisoned and whipped and killed for writing what they think.

Not a single leaf moves in this country if I'm not the one moving it.

And always the animals from each trip you bring back a gaze a pose a gesture that points to the truest of humanity better than images of humanity itself

After 48 years, I have said nothing.

You can only give away what you have ... If you have love, you can give it. If you don't have it, you don't have it to give.

Charlie Chaplin's genius was in comedy. He has no sense of humor, particularly about himself.

What a dreadful thing it must be to have a dull father.

How clever of me. I have found such a pathway into hell that I can never get back out.

When I left the house of bondage I left everything behind. I wanted to keep nothing of Egypt on me, and so I went to the Lord and asked him to give me a new name.