The Declaration of Independence states that the Creator gave man the right to liberty. It seems man can realize that liberty only if he does not forget the One who endowed him with it.

The truth is not simply what you think it is; it is also the circumstances in which it is said, and to whom, why, and how it is said.

The real test of a man is not when he plays the role that he wants for himself but when he plays the role destiny has for him.

There's always something suspect about an intellectual on the winning side.

Courage means going against majority opinion in the name of the truth.

I feel that the dormant goodwill in people needs to be stirred. People need to hear that it makes sense to behave decently or to help others, to place common interests above their own, to respect the elementary rules of human coexistence.

A state that denies its citizens their basic rights becomes a danger to its neighbors as well: internal arbitrary rule will be reflected in arbitrary external relations. The suppression of public opinion, the abolition of public competition for power and its public exercise opens the way for the state power to arm itself in any way it sees fit.... A state that does not hesitate to lie to its own people will not hesitate to lie to other states.