WheneverI hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.

You only have power over people so long as you don't takeeverything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything he's nolonger in your power he's free again.

A perfect method for adding drama to life is to wait untilthe deadline looms large.

Ignoring is not the same thing as being tolerant

... That may appear as the truth to one personwill often appear as untruth to another person. But that need not worry theseeker. Where there is honest effort, it will be realized that what appearedto be different truths are like the countless and apparen

I'mjust preparing my impromptu remarks.

Onlywhen all contribute their firewood can they build up a strong fire.

The means by which we live have outdistanced the ends forwhich we live. Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We haveguided missiles and misguided men.

The true test of intelligence is not how much people know how to do, but how they behave when they don't know what to do.

The thoughts that come often unsought, and as it were, drop into the mind, are commonly the most valuable of any we have.

A newspaper is not just for reporting the news as it is, but to make people angry enough to do something about it

In anyfree society, the conflict between social conformity and individual libertyis permanent, unresolvable, and necessary.