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

Thirty resolute men in your House of Commons could save the world.

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.

It is important not to give the appearance of a predisposed mind. And it is more important not to let the mind become predisposed.

It would be a stultification of the responsibility which the course of constitutional history has cast upon this Court to hold that in order to convict a man the police cannot extract by force what is in his mind, but can extract what is in his stomach.

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.