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

Good writing is like a windowpane.

At any given moment there is an orthodoxy, a body of ideas which it is assumed that all right-thinking people will accept without question.

Free speech is my right to say what you don't want to hear.

Comrades," he said, "here is a point that must be settled. The wild creatures, such as rats and rabbits–are they our friends or our enemies? Let us put it to the vote. I propose this question to the meeting: Are rats comrades?" The vote was taken at once, and it was agreed by an overwhelming majority that rats were comrades. There were only four dissentients, the three dogs and the cat, who was afterwards discovered to have voted on both sides.

There are some ideas so wrong that only a very intelligent person could believe in them.

Orthodoxy means not thinking--not needing to think. Orthodoxy is unconsciousness.