The true test of liberty is the right to test it, the right to question it, the right to speak to my neighbors, to grab them by the shoulders and look into their eyes and ask, “Are we free?” I have thought that if we are free, the answer cannot hurt us. And if we are not free, must we not hear the answer?

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

When we acknowledge the kingdom of the self, we will no longer accept slavery either for ourselves or for others, no matter how it is disguised.

I would rather have a mind opened by wonder than one closed by belief.

Prejudice locks the mind. Nothing can enter. Nothing true can escape.

When you are faced with prejudice, logic and justice are impotent. Still, we may have an obligation to argue directly into the face of the prejudice, even though there is no chance to win.

We are afraid. But fear confirms life and identifies the source of every successful argument - ourselves.