Whether history will judge this war to be different or not we cannot say. But this we can say with certainty: A government and a society that silences those who dissent is one that has lost its way.

If our democracy is to flourish, it must have criticism; if our government is to function it must have dissent.

We should not forget that our tradition is one of protest and revolt, and it is stultifying to celebrate the rebels of the past ... while we silence the rebels of the present.

The English love for privacy is proverbial, and has not been exaggerated. A stranger who strikes up a conversation is looked upon with suspicion - unless he happens to be an American, when his ignorance of good manners is indulged.

The American people...have a stake in non-conformity. For they know that the American genius is non-conformist.

Our best people don't go into politics.

America was born of revolt, flourished in dissent, became great through experimentation.