In revealing the workings of government that led to the Vietnam War, the newspapers nobly did precisely that which the Founders hoped and trusted they would do.

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.

Politics is the womb in which war develops - where its outlines already exist in their hidden rudimentary form, like the characteristics of living creatures in their embryos.

I'm always imagining some sort of story behind the song, even the ones I haven't written. I'm actively engaging in playacting.

God will meet us and help us.

Once the herd starts moving in one direction, it's very hard to turn it, even slightly.

All true theology has an evangelistic thrust, and all true evangelism is theology in action.

My view of the afterlife is that it's made of different levels, depending on how spiritual a life we live.

I'm a Bookchinite, and nobody has a right to claim that but me.

The value of life deepens incalculably with the privileges of travel.

I say if you're worried, vote smart. Vote smart.

The sorrow which calls for help and comfort is not the greatest, nor does it come from the depths of the heart.