Not only are we here to protect the public from vicious criminals in the street but also to protect the public from harmful ideas.

No one can control his own opinion or his own belief. My belief was forced upon me by my surroundings. I am the product of all circumstances that have in any way touched me.

Liberty a word without which all other words are vain.

Creationists use facts the same way a drunk uses a lightpost: for support instead of illumination

When I became convinced that the universe is natural, that all the ghosts and gods are myths, there entered into my brain, into my soul, into every drop of my blood the sense, the feeling, the joy of freedom. The walls of my prison crumbled and fell. The dungeon was flooded with light and all the bolts and bars and manacles became dust.

Injustice upon earth renders the justice of of heaven impossible.

I will follow my logic, no matter where it goes, after it has consulted with my heart. If you ever come to a conclusion without calling the heart in, you will come to a bad conclusion.