The very first condition of lasting happiness is that a life should be full of purpose, aiming at something outside self.

The press was to serve the governed, not the governors.

I was brought up to believe that Scotch whisky would need a tax preference to survive in competition with Kentucky bourbon.

A union of government and religion tends to destroy government and to degrade religion.

Among religions in this country which do not teach what would generally be considered a belief in the existence of God are Buddhism, Taoism, Ethical Culture, Secular Humanism and others.

There can be no equal justice where the kind of trial a man gets depends on the amount of money he has.

Freedom of speech means that you shall not do something to people either for the views they have, or the views they express, or the words they speak or write.

The layman's constitutional view is that what he likes is constitutional and that which he doesn't like is unconstitutional.

An unconditional right to say what one pleases about public affairs is what I consider to be the minimum guarantee of the First Amendment.

When I was 40, my doctor advised me that a man in his 40s shouldn't play tennis. I heeded his advice carefully and could hardly wait until I reached 50 to start again.

The Framers of the Constitution knew that free speech is the friend of change and revolution. But they also knew that it is always the deadliest enemy of tyranny.

Fiction or fable allures to instruction.

I will raise my voice as long as God gives me sound or ability, against this Communistic idea that the Government will take care of us all, and everything belongs to the government. It is wrong!

I'm writing, and just doing the same thing I always do.

If I'm drinking I can either be the nicest guy ever or I'm the guy you should leave alone.

I'm always very interested in going and discovering a young director's films.

I'm not looking for Miss Right, right now. I'm just sort of working on becoming Mr. Right.

I don't think it's "true" to sit and play old school heavy metal just so that you can send it to Fenriz or get a pat on the back from the guys you admire and hang out with.

I don't make plans. I live my life on a daily basis.

Those who inflict must suffer, for they see The work of their own hearts, and this must be Our chastisement or recompense.

Love goes toward love as schoolboys from their books, But love from love, toward school with heavy looks.