Fear of death has been the greatest ally of tyranny past and present.

In contrast to totalitarianism, democracy can face and live with the truth about itself.

The easiest rationalization for the refusal to seek the truth is the denial that truth exists.

Fear of death has been the greatest ally of tyranny past and present.

To deny me the right to err is therefore to deny me the right to believe.

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.

Religious freedom in an open society has the best prospects of flourishing to the extent that it expresses itself as freedom of religious inquiry.