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

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.

There can be no security where there is fear.

No office in the land is more important than that of being a citizen.

Losing your job gives you the ability to decide what product each unit of your passing life should produce

What was it about this infuriating woman that reduced him to a twelve-year-old at the pool?

Even within perfection, there are flaws. These flaws carry an unattainable beauty, which is indifferent to the human nature.

Trust yourself that you can do it and get it

The first paragraph. The last paragraph. That's where the story is going and how it's going to end. Or else you'll go off in a hundred different directions.

I can write anywhere. I actually wrote more than I ever did when I had small children. My children were never a hindrance.

Two things can make life meaningful: books and love. ...I already have books. Now I am setting off in search of love.

Are you currently at your house?" he asked. "Um, no," I said. "That was a trick question. I knew the answer, because I am currently at your house.

Part of me believes that the completed record is the final measure of a pop musician's accomplishment, just as the completed film is the final measure of a film artist's accomplishments.

I don't like alien films where you don't get to see the aliens.