The American's conviction that he must be able to look any man in the eye and tell him to go to hell is the very essence of the free man's way of life.

The opposition is indispensable. A good statesman, like any other sensible human being, always learns more from his opposition than from his fervent supporters.

The news and the truth are not the same thing.

At the core of every moral code there is a picture of human nature, a map of the universe, and a version of history. To human nature (of the sort conceived), in a universe (of the kind imagined), after a history (so understood), the rules of the code apply.

Whereas each man claims his freedom as a matter of right, the freedom he accords to other men is a matter of toleration.

The mass of the reading public is not interested in learning and assimilating the results of accurate investigation.

When philosophers try to be politicians they generally cease to be philosophers.