The search for moral guidance which shall not depend upon external authority has invariably ended in the acknowledgment of some new authority.

You don't have to preach honesty to men with creative purpose. Let a human being throw the engines of his soul into the making of something, and the instinct of workmanship will take care of his honesty.

But what is propaganda, if not the effort to alter the picture to which men respond, to substitute one social pattern for another?

Without criticism and reliable and intelligent reporting, the government cannot govern.

The study of error is not only in the highest degree prophylactic, but it serves as a stimulating introduction to the study of truth.

And the principle which distinguishes democracy from all other forms of government is that in a democracy the opposition not only is tolerated as constitutional but must be maintained because it is in fact indispensable.

What a myth never contains is the critical power to separate its truth from its errors.