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.

True opinions can prevail only if the facts to which they refer are known; if they are not known, false ideas are just as effective as true ones, if not a little more effective.

The news and the truth are not the same thing.

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

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.

Art enlarges experience by admitting us to the inner life of others.

When men can no longer be theists, they must, if they are civilized, become humanists.