Nearly forty years ago, a distinguished Prime Minister of this country ... said, 'They may not be angels but they are at least our friends.'* I must say that I do not think that we probably demonstrated in that forty years that we are angels yet, but I hope we have demonstrated that we are at least friends.

Those who foolishly sought power by riding the back of the tiger ended up inside

In giving rights to others which belong to them, we give rights to ourselves and to our country

If men and women are in chains anywhere in the world, then freedom is endangered everywhere.

I am not so much concerned with the right of everyone to say anything he pleases as I am about our need as a self-governing people to hear everything relevant.

The rising tide lifts all the boats.

Truth is a tyrant-the only tyrant to whom we can give our allegiance. The service of truth is a matter of heroism.