The art of arguing is the art of living. We argue because we must, because life emends it, because, in the end, life itself is but an argument.

The function of the law is not to provide justice or to preserve freedom. The function of the law is to keep those who hold power, in power.

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

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

The people of a nation are enslaved when, together, they are helpless to institute effective change, when the people serve the government more than the government serves them.

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?

Nothing in the world is as fearsome as a bloody, battered opponent who will never surrender.