The hand that rules the press, the radio, the screen and the far-spread magazine, rules the country.

Words are not pebbles in alien juxtaposition.

Words are chameleons, which reflect the color of their environment.

We accept the verdict of the past until the need for change cries out loudly enough to force upon us a choice between the comforts of inertia and the irksomeness of action.

Justice is the tolerable accommodation of the conflicting interests of society, and I don't believe there is any royal road to attain such accommodation concretely.

In america, there are two tax systems: one for the informed and one for the uninformed. Both are legal

In the end it is worse to suppress dissent than to run the risk of heresy.

The spirit of liberty is the spirit which is not too sure that it is right; the spirit of liberty is the spirit which seeks to understands the minds of other men and women.

Life is made up of constant calls to action, and we seldom have time for more than hastily contrived answers.

The language of the law must not be foreign to the ears of those who are to obey it.

If we are to keep our democracy, there must be one commandment: thou shalt not ration justice.

Verily, a man should not cling to those who have passed, for he will likely neglect service to the living.

To lengthen thy life, lessen thy meals.

Harnessing steam power required many innovations, as William Rosen chronicles in the book 'The Most Powerful Idea in the World.'

I read a quote the other day that said comparison is a brutal assault upon one's self. And what happens is that you're saying that you're not good enough.

Everything a baptized person does each day should be directly or indirectly related to the corporal and spiritual works of mercy.

Realistically, English is a universal language; it's the number one language for music and for communicating with the rest of the world.

Nixon represents that dark, venal and incurably violent side of the American character almost every other country in the world has learned to fear and despise.

And the first thing we have to do is vote. Hey, no, not just once in a while. Not just when my husband or somebody you like is on the ballot. But in every election at every level, all of the time.

Novels are make-believe and play for adults.

Freedom of belief is pernicious, it is nothing but the freedom to be wrong.