Private property was the original source of freedom. It still is its main bulwark.

It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing if the audience is deaf.

The radical novelty of modern science lies precisely in the rejection of the belief... that the forces which move the stars and atoms are contingent upon the preferences of the human heart.

He has honor if he holds himself to an ideal of conduct though it is inconvenient, unprofitable, or dangerous to do so.

There can be no liberty for a community which lacks the means by which to detect lies.

When all think alike, then no one is thinking

The press does not tell us what to think, it tells us what to think about.

The news and the truth are not the same thing.

The present crisis of Western democracy is a crisis in journalism.

To create a minimum standard of life below which no human being can fall is the most elementary duty of the democratic state.

It is often very illuminating...to ask yourself how you got at the facts on which you base your opinion. Who actually saw, heard, felt, counted, named the thing, about which you have an opinion?

Most people can’t stand spending a few minutes by themself. Yet they expect others to spend an hour, a day, or, even a lifetime, with them.

Corporation: An ingenious device for obtaining profit without individual responsibility.

Nobody is gonna love you like you. You're gonna be your best salesman.

In Kid A and Amnesiac, the guitar becomes one more texture, difficult to separate from other textures.

I think there's bipartisan support in the Senate to pass a good reform bill.

Can’t promise I’ll stay. That would be lying. And I’m so, so tired of lies.

Americans tend not to distinguish between political rhetoric and real intentions, which can lead to great misunderstanding.

I think the most dangerous influence for a young writer is to be treated with cynicism or discouragement.

The voice of the drum is a spirit thing.

Oh, I remember how beautiful you were. You didn't have any hair. You were such a bald little booger, I thought I was going to have to save up to buy you a toupee.