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.

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

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

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

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.

Education is essential to change, for education creates both new wants and the ability to satisfy them.

In the long run [censorship] will create a generation incapable of appreciating the difference between independence of thought and subservience.