We should not be surprised that the Founding Fathers didn't foresee everything, when we see that the current Fathers hardly ever foresee anything.

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.

It is probably safe to say that over a long period of time, political morality has been as high as business morality.

Censorship always defeats it own purpose, for it creates in the end the kind of society that is incapable of exercising real discretion.

We should not be surprised that the Founding Fathers didn't foresee everything, when we see that the current Fathers hardly ever foresee anything.

History is a jangle of accidents, blunders, surprises and absurdities, and so is our knowledge of it, but if we are to report it at all we must impose some order upon it.