If none of us ever read a book that was "dangerous," had a friend who was "different," or joined an organization that advocated "change," we would all be the kind of people Joe McCarthy wants.

A nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves.

The speed of communications is wondrous to behold. It is also true that speed can multiply the distribution of information that we know to be untrue.

I simply cannot accept that there are on every story two equal and logical sides to an argument.

No one can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices.

We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. When the loyal opposition dies, I think the soul of America dies with it.

To be persuasive we must be believable; to be believable we must be credible; credible we must be truthful.

Good night, and good luck.

We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty.

Our major obligation is not to mistake slogans for solutions.

If radio news is to be regarded as a commodity, only acceptable when saleable, then I don't care what you call it - I say it isn't news.

I love the farm, I love growing stuff.

I think that the thing that we learned back in the day of the Civil Rights Movement is that you do have to keep on keeping on.

Every night I pray to God: 'Please, no more wack MC's.'

I don't know if there is some psychological thing of wanting to know where your doctor got his degree from before he comes into the medical room.

One thing I learned about people is that they love to give their opinions about things.

And alone and without his nest shall the Eagle fly across the sun.

I've taught, and the first thing I did when I taught art, was not to teach art.

I feel like I'm adapting to society. I went feral a little bit. I found that when I would get back to the city, if there was any second-guessing about stuff, it would happen.

While clearly an impregnable masterpiece, Don Quixote suffers from one fairly serious flaw--that of outright unreadability.

Don't interfere with something that ain't bothering' you none.