The Bill of Rights does not come from the people and is not subject to change by majorities. It comes from the nature of things. It declares the inalienable rights of man not only against all government but also against the people collectively.

The press does not tell us what to think, it tells us what to think about.

Men who are orthodox when they are young are in danger of being middle-aged all their lives.

A rational man acting in the real world may be defined as one who decides where he will strike a balance between what he desires and what can be done.

What we call a democratic society might be defined for certain purposes as one in which the majority is always prepared to put down a revolutionary minority.

We are told about the world before we see it. We imagine most things before we experience them. And those preconceptions, unless education has made us acutely aware, govern deeply the whole process of perception.

A long life in journalism convinced me many presidents ago that there should be a large air space between a journalist and the head of a state.