While the right to talk may be the beginning of freedom, the necessity of listening is what makes that right important.

Ignore what a man desires and you ignore the very source of his power.

We must protect the right of our opponents to speak because we must hear what they have to say.

He has honor if he holds himself to an ideal of conduct though it is inconvenient, unprofitable, or dangerous to do so.

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

Almost always tradition is nothing but a record and a machine-made imitation of the habits that our ancestors created.

Without some form of censorship, propaganda in the strict sense of the word is impossible. In order to conduct propaganda there must be some barrier between the public and the event.