The self-evident truth which makes men invincible is that inalienably they are inviolable persons.

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?

If you have a dream, it's definitely achievable through hard work, through dedication, sacrifice, everything.

I was born in a University campus and seem to have lived all my life in one campus or another.

A lot of people don't know what they want or they want much less than they deserve.

I don't think I'm before my time, I just don't think I'm in my time.

One can be committed to conformity or one can be committed to truth, but not both.

Peace comes from the acceptance of the part of you that can never be at peace.

Librarians save lives by handing the right book at the right time to a kid in need.

My tragedy is that all I want is a dog, and yet I have been cursed with cats all my life.

Winning is overcoming obstacles to reach a goal, but the value in winning is only as great as the value of the goal reached.

Making a journey by night is more wonderful than anything in the world.