Here I am an old man in a long nightgown making muffled noises at people who may be no worse than I am.

Today in America vast concourses of youth are flocking to our colleges, eager for something, just what they do not know.

All discussion, all debate, all dissidence tends to question and in consequence, to upset existing convictions; that is precisely its purpose and its justification.

The mutual confidence on which all else depends can be maintained only by an open mind and a brave reliance upon free discussion.

The mid-day sun is too much for most eyes; one is dazzled even with its reflection. Be careful that too broad and high an aim does not paralyze your effort and clog your springs of action.

I shall ask no more than that you agree with Dean Inge that even though counting heads is not an ideal way to govern, at least it is better than breaking them.

There is something monstrous in commands couched in invented and unfamiliar language; an alien master is the worst of all. The language of the law must not be foreign to the ears of those who are to obey it.