Wisdom too often never comes, so one ought not to reject it merely because it comes late.

The mark of a truly civilized man is confidence in the strength and security derived from the inquiring mind.

Appeal must be to an informed, civically militant electorate.

The history of liberty has largely been the history of the observance of procedural safeguards.

The real rulers in Washington are invisible, and exercise power from behind the scenes.

Gratitude is one of the least articulate of the emotions, especially when it is deep.

We have enjoyed so much freedom for so long that we are perhaps in danger of forgetting how much blood it cost to establish the Bill of Rights.

It is a wise man who said that there is no greater inequality than the equal treatment of unequals.

Wisdom too often never comes, and so one ought not to reject it merely because it comes late.

Freedom of speech and of the press are essential to the enlightenment of a free people and in restraining those who wield power.

There can be no security where there is fear.

You are never always idle. You are always doing something

What loneliness is more lonely than distrust.

I lost my one true love. I started drinking.

I had a very vivid, almost hallucinatory moment in which I was engaged in a dialogue with my father...

In 1950, American families sent 1 of 50 of their hard earned dollars to Washington: Today it is 1 in 4.

One of your greatest protections against making bad choices is to not put on any mask of anonymity.

Vladimir: I don't understand. Estragon: Use your intelligence, can't you? Vladimir uses his intelligence. Vladimir: (finally) I remain in the dark.

Persian envoy "our arrows will black out the sun..." Dienekes of the Spartans.."Good, then we'll fight in the shade.

At evening casual flocks of pigeons make Ambiguous undulations as they sink Downward to darkness, on extended wings.

The voice of the people is the voice of humbug.