Democracy is something that you must learn each generation. It has to be taught.

At the heart of liberty is the right to define one's own concept of existence, of meaning, of the universe, and of the mystery of human life.

The Constitution doesn't belong to a bunch of judges and lawyers. It belongs to you.

As the Constitution endures, persons in every generation can invoke its principles in their own search for greater freedom.

The First Amendment is often inconvenient. But that is besides the point. Inconvenience does not absolve the government of its obligation to tolerate speech.

The case for freedom, the case for our constitutional principles the case for our heritage has to be made anew in each generation. The work of freedom is never done.

We must never lose sight of the fact that the law has a moral foundation, and we must never fail to ask ourselves not only what the law is, but what the law should be.

The Constitution needs allegiance and loyalty and renewal and understanding with each generation, or else it's not going to last.

Asking questions is an essential part of police investigation. In the ordinary sense a police officer is free to ask a person for identification without implicating the Fourth Amendment.

Sometimes you don't know if you're Caesar about to cross the Rubicon or Captain Queeg cutting your own tow line.

Any time you burn a cross in Virginia, it's a crime?

God is always faithful to His principles, and for this reason He blesses the diligent

Even so the tongue is a little member and boasteth great things behold how great a matter a little fire kindleth!

The biggest problem with every art is by the use of appearance to create a loftier reality.

I wish we didn't have to tell this story.

We forget our guilt when we have confessed it to another, but the other does not usually forget it.

Fear is often disguised as moral outrage.

I'm stronger than I think I am. Mentally, physically.

What makes you tough is your mindset and I believe anyone can be tough.

If Slater were someone else, Kevin would merely be the poor victim of a horrible plot. Unless he was killed by Slater, in which case he would be the dead victim of a horrible plot

Applause is the beginning of abuse