I have the same confidence in the ability of our people to reject noxious literature as I have in their capacity to sort out the true from the false in theology, economics, or any other field.

If discrimination based on race is constitutionally permissible when those who hold the reins can come up with "compelling" reasons to justify it, then constitutional guarantees acquire an accordion-like quality.

A people who extend civil liberties only to preferred groups start down the path either to dictatorship of the right or the left.

Sunlight is the best disinfectant.

We do not sit as a super-legislature to weigh the wisdom of legislation.

Ideas are indeed the most dangerous weapons in the world. Our ideas of freedom are the most powerful political weapons man has ever forged.

The free state offers what a police state denies - the privacy of the home, the dignity and peace of mind of the individual.