If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.

If there really is such a thing as turning in one's grave, Shakespeare must get a lot of exercise.

Can you not understand that liberty is worth more than ribbons?

Public opinion, because of the tremendous urge to conformity in gregarious animals, is less tolerant than any system of law.

It was not by making yourself heard but by staying sane that you carried on the human heritage.

The mass of the rich and the poor are differentiated by their incomes and nothing else,and the average millionaire is only the average dishwasher dressed in a new suit.

they had come to a time when no one dared speak his mind, when fierce, growling dogs roamed everywhere, and when you had to watch your comrades torn to pieces after confessing to shocking crimes.