The only thing that counts is the right to know, to speak, to think - that, and the sanctity of the courts. Otherwise it's not America.

If none of us ever read a book that was "dangerous," had a friend who was "different," or joined an organization that advocated "change," we would all be the kind of people Joe McCarthy wants.

A reporter is always concerned with tomorrow. There's nothing tangible of yesterday. All I can say I've done is agitate the air ten or fifteen minutes and then boom - it's gone.

We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty.

The real crucial link in the international exchange is the last three feet, which is bridged by personal contact, one person talking to another.

Seldom, if ever, has a war ended leaving the victors with such a sense of uncertainty and fear, with such a realization that the future is obscure and that survival is not assured.

A thing of orchestrated hell-a terrible symphony of light and flame.