We must remember that in time of war what is said on the enemy's side of the front is always propaganda and what is said on our side of the front is truth and righteousness, the cause of humanity and a crusade for peace.

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

Unless the reformer can invent something which substitutes attractive virtues for attractive vices, he will fail.

It is not the idea as such which the censor attacks, whether it be heresy or radicalism or obscenity. He attacks the circulation of the idea among the classes which in his judgment are not to be trusted with the idea.

Great men, even during their lifetime, are usually known to the public only through a fictitious personality.

A really good diplomat does not go in for victories, even when he wins them.

A useful definition of liberty is obtained only by seeking the principle of liberty in the main business of human life, that is to say, in the process by which men educate their responses and learn to control their environment.