The danger of crippling thought, the danger of obstructing the formation of the public mind by specially suppressing ... representations is far greater than any real danger that there is from such representations.

The degree of tolerance attainable at any moment depends on the strain under which society is maintaining its cohesion.

The trouble with the media is that it seems unable to distinguish between the end of the world and a bicycle accident.

Schools and schoolmasters, as we have them today, are not popular as places of education and teachers, but rather prisons and turnkeys in which children are kept to prevent them disturbing and chaperoning their parent.

I love little children too but I don't cut off their heads and stick them in vases.

The difference between a lady and a flower girl is not how she behaves, but how she’s treated.

If parents would only realize how they bore their children.