The first principle of a free society is an untrammeled flow of words in an open forum.

My definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular.

You can tell the size of a man by the size of the thing that makes him mad.

Those who corrupt the public mind are just as evil as those who steal from the public purse.

In America any boy may become President, and I suppose it's just one of the risks he takes.

The journey of a thousand leagues begins with a single step. So we must never neglect any work of peace within our reach, however small.

I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance.

All progress has resulted from people who took unpopular positions. All change is the result of a change in the contemporary state of mind.

A hypocrite is the kind of politician who would cut down a redwood tree, then mount the stump and make a speech for conservation.

As citizens of this democracy, you are the rulers and the ruled, the law-givers and the law-abiding, the beginning and the end.

Communism is the corruption of a dream of justice.

I had a polynomial once. My doctor removed it.

You don't repay kindness with needless cruelty.

Study hard so that you can master technology, which allows us to master nature.

A large family and Democrats have a lot in common: teenagers and Democrats are always happy spending other people's money.

When we cannot see the sunshine of God's face, it is blessed to cower down beneath the shadow of his wings.

LA is an intense city. I was probably a bit too sensitive. I didn't have any friends so I was keeping pretty low key. I just whipped myself up into a bit of an emotional frenzy.

I think that there's a very lucid side in cinema: entering a theater and seeing the film.

You're not even in a restaurant, but... you got served!

Even though it seems like there are a lot of parts, there is really tons of downtime in the acting world.