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

We can chart our future clearly and wisely only when we know the path which has led to the present.

Your days are short here; this is the last of your springs. And now in the serenity and quiet of this lovely place, touch the depths of truth, feel the hem of Heaven. You will go away with old, good friends. And don't forget when you leave why you came.

There is...a spiritual hunger in the world today and it cannot be satisfied...by better cars on longer credit terms.

After four years at the United Nations I sometimes yearn for the peace and tranquility of a political convention.

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

You will find that the truth is often unpopular and the contest between agreeable fancy and disagreeable fact is unequal. For, in the vernacular, we Americans are suckers for good news.