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

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

We say that the truth will make us free. Yes, but that truth is a thousand truths which grow and change.

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

Yet this corporate being, though so insubstantial to our senses, binds, in Burkes words, a man to his country with ties which though light as air, are as strong as links of iron. That is why young men die in battle for their countrys sake and why old men plant trees they will never sit under.

For the newspaper is in all literalness the bible of democracy, the book out of which a people determines its conduct. It is the only serious book most people read. It is the only book they read every day.

It is all very well to talk about being the captain of your soul. It is hard, and only a few heroes, saints, and geniuses have been the captains of their souls for any extended period of their lives.