Once slavery in America was not seen as radical. It became, instead, a revolutionary idea that slaves should be freed. When we have lived under a pernicious power long enough, no matter how oppressive, we grow so accustomed to the yoke that its removal seems frightening, even wrong.

We could advance the human race enormously if we but learned to communicate honestly with our neighbors.

Skepticism, not cleanliness, is next to godliness. Skepticism is the father of freedom. It is like the pry that holds open the door for truth to slip in.

It is an anomaly that we can split the atom, but we are nearly powerless to persuade each other to embrace justice.

In any nation in which people's rights have been subordinated to the rights of the few, in any totalitarian nation, the first institution to be dismantled is the jury. I was, I am, afraid.

The erosion of a nation's concern for life and for individual rights, has always preceded the intrusion of tyranny.

My intent is to tell the truth as I know it, realizing that what is true for me may be blasphemy for others.