I am for the First Amendment from the first word to the last. I believe it means what it says.

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.

The sun might be God. God might not watch us at night.

From a purely physical standpoint she didn't have a chance, but her attitude was that death was better than capitulation.

The most incredible thing about being a parent is seeing your own personality come out in your children.

Believe in yourself, take a bet on yourself. If you don't, then who will?

Silence is a 'contingent' phenomenon with positive or negative qualities. When it has to be assessed it needs to be 'contextualized' by exploring its background.

You can see a rose both in two ways. First, through its beautiful petals. The other, through its thorns

...if a man’s thirst is quenched by power, then all other desires are of no worth to him.

The French, who love their dogs, sometimes eat their horses. The Spanish, who love their horses, sometimes eat their cows. The Indians, who love their cows, sometimes eat their dogs.

Time is the most terrible, the most discouraging, the most unconquerable of all obstacles, and one that may exist when no other does.

If I only concentrated on one thing, I would limit myself in life.