Individual rights are not subject to a public vote; a majority has no right to vote away the rights of a minority; the political function of rights is precisely to protect minorities from oppression by majorities (and the smallest minority on earth is the individual).

A viler evil than to murder a man, is to sell him suicide as an act of virtue.

The verdict you pronounce upon the source of your livelihood is the verdict you pronounce upon your life.

The government has created a nation of paper criminals. People can be put in jail and lose civil rights and liberties through bureaucratic procedures.The only thing that is keeping you out of jail is government goodwill.

What do I "think" of President Reagan? The best answer to give would be: I don't think of him. And the more I see, the less I think.

It is too early to feel fear of the future when one is under 30, and too late after that. What I mean is that one must never allow fear to become one's permanent sense of life. The important thing is to prepare yourself intellectually to deal with whatever circumstances you may encounter, which requires that you define your values fully, clearly and rationally -- and never betray them.

If a society is to be free, its government has to be controlled.