Words uttered under coercion are proof of loyalty to nothing but self-interest. Love of country must spring from willing hearts and free minds.

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.

To a happy war!' laughter echoed with all the insane glee of an army of psychopaths.

Asceticism is not that you should not own anything, but that nothing should own you.

Keep your revolver near you night and day, and never relax your precautions.

What if there were no hypothetical situations?

In the morning, when the nothing vase casts a something shadow, like the memory of someone you've lost, what can you say about that?

There is no greater offence than harbouring desires. There is no greater disaster than discontent. There is no greater misfortune than wanting more.

My review of 2001, the year, is the same as my review of 2001: A Space Odyssey. It went on too long, it was hard to follow, and you could only enjoy it if you were really, really, *really* stoned.

The duty of the branch is to cling to the vine.

There isn't an aspect of book creation I don't enjoy, and there has always been a book in my life to dream about or work on.

I know of no wars started by anyone to impose lack of religion on someone else.