Its awfully hard to be the son of a great man and also of a half-crazy woman.

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.

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

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.

The greatest danger we face is not any particular kind of thought. The greatest danger we face is absence of thought.

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