Life has meaning for anyone who takes an interest in it.
To serve the public interest is not the same as being a servant of public opinion.
To silence criticism is to silence freedom.
Religious tolerance has developed more as a consequence of the impotence of religions to impose their dogmas on each other than as a consequence of spiritual humility in the quest for understanding first and last things.
To deny me the right to err is therefore to deny me the right to believe.
Idealism, alas, does not protect one from ignorance, dogmatism, and foolishness.