If one man can be allowed to determine for himself what is law, every man can. That means first chaos, then tyranny. Legal process is an essential part of the democratic process.

Freedom of speech and of the press are essential to the enlightenment of a free people and in restraining those who wield power.

Freedom of the press is not an end in itself but a means to the end of a free society.

Gratitude is one of the least articulate of the emotions, especially when it is deep.

Freedom of expression is the well-spring of our civilization... The history of civilization is in considerable measure the displacement of error which once held sway as official truth by beliefs which in turn have yielded to other truths. Therefore the liberty of man to search for truth ought not to be fettered, no matter what orthodoxies he may challenge.

It is a wise man who said that there is no greater inequality than the equal treatment of unequals.

There is no inevitability in history except as men make it.