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

What every college must do is hold up before the young the spectacle of greatness.

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.

Men in authority will always think that criticism of their policies is dangerous. They will always equate their policies with patriotism, and find criticism subversive.

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.

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