Trees have judicial standing, and probably grass too.

Freedom of movement is the very essence of our free society -- once the right to travel is curtailed, all other rights suffer.

Restriction of free thought and free speech is the most dangerous of all subversions. It is the one un-American act that could most easily defeat us.

We are rapidly entering the age of no privacy, where everyone is open to surveillance at all times; where there are no secrets from government.

To be whole and harmonious, man must also know the music of the beaches and the woods. He must find the thing of which he is only an infinitesimal part and nurture it and love it, if he is to live.

The Fifth Amendment is an old friend and a good friend, one of the great landmarks in men's struggle to be free of tyranny, to be decent and civilized.

The liberties of none are safe unless the liberties of all are protected.

Since when have we Americans been expected to bow submissively to authority and speak with awe and reverence to those who represent us?

As night-fall does not come at once, neither does oppression...It is in such twilight that we all must be aware of change in the air - however slight - lest we become victims of the darkness.

Those in power need checks and restraints lest they come to identify the common good for their own tastes and desires, and their continuation in office as essential to the preservation of the nation.

The way to combat noxious ideas is with other ideas. The way to combat falsehoods is with truth.

But then had come the voice that said, Come on, you little freak, wherever the hell you are, whatever the hell you are, let’s get this done with.

Take yourself out of the center of other people's universe - it will free you up and let the universe turn more easily.

In the world of comedy, having a partner is not the most unusual thing.

I'm very shy. That's probably one of the reasons I got so heavily into drugs.

I was working at the store on the Sony studios in Culver City. And I was literally holding a shirt when they came in and told me I'd got the part! It just shows dreams do come true.

History is the lies of the victors.

When I believe in something, I'm like a dog with a bone.

Confidence is not based on you having all the resources needed to take care of yourself; confidence is based upon the truth that God is faithful.

It must be very fragile, if a handful of berries can bring it down.

Grown old in love from seven till seven times seven,I oft have wished for Hell for ease from Heaven.