The spirit of liberty is the spirit which is not too sure that it is right.

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

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

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.

Big or small, sin is sin!

Knowing the answer is knowledge and knowing the question is wisdom.

Some people make tunes, but it is lines that run like moving messages through my head. Whatever else I am saying and doing often has no bearing on this inner, verbal life.

Why must duty require me to break my own heart?

I know definitive points in my life and in relationships because of my songs. I write my music so that I'll never be bored of it.

I think playing any iconic role when you're stepping into big shoes, into the shadow of people who have come before you and you can't process that.

Our culture has gotten too mean and too rough.

It's misleading to suppose there's any basic difference between education & entertainment. This distinction merely relieves people of the responsibility of looking into the matter.

Successful people in real estate are nicest people you can know.

The Devil hath power To assume a pleasing shape.