Only the consciousness of a purpose that is mightier than any man and worthy of all men can fortify and inspirit and compose the souls of men.

A free press is not a privilege but an organic necessity in a great society. ... A great society is simply a big and complicated urban society.

Corrupt, stupid grasping functionaries will make at least as big a muddle of socialism as stupid, selfish and acquisitive employers can make of capitalism.

The function of news is to signalize an event, the function of truth is to bring to light the hidden facts, to set them in relation with each other, and make a picture of reality on which men can act.

I generalized rashly: That is what kills political writing, this absurd pretence that you are delivering a great utterance. You never do. You are just a puzzled man making notes about what you think. You are not building the Pantheon, then why act like a graven image? You are drawing sketches in the sand which the sea will wash away.

There is but one bond of peace that is both permanent and enriching: The increasing knowledge of the world in which experiment occurs.

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