“It would indeed be ironic if, in the name of national defence, we would sanction the subversion of one of those liberties which make the defence of our nation worthwhile.”

Mere unorthodoxy or dissent from the prevailing mores is not to be condemned. The absence of such voices would be a symptom of grave illness to our society.

Legislatures represent people, not acres or trees.

When the rights of any individual or group are chipped away, the freedom of all erodes.

In these days, it is doubtful that any child may reasonably be expected to succeed in life if he is denied the opportunity of an education.

Prior to any questioning, the person must be warned that he has a right to remain silent, that any statement he does make may be used as evidence against him and that he has a right to the presence of an attorney, either retained or appointed.

I hate banks. They do nothing positive for anybody except take care of themselves. They’re first in with their fees and first out when there’s trouble.

I believe no one can read the history of our country without realizing that the Good Book and the spirit of the Savior have from the beginning been our guiding geniuses.

Liberty, not communism, is the most contagious force in the world.

The fantastic advances in the field of electronic communication constitute a greater danger to the privacy of the individual.

Everything I did in my life that was worthwhile, I caught hell for.

It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.

Today, as always, the people, no less than the courts, must remain vigilant to preserve the principals of our Bill of Rights, lest in our desire to be secure we lose our ability to be free.

The success of any legal system is measured by its fidelity to the universal ideal of justice.

To get what you want, STOP doing what isn’t working.

The most tragic paradox of our time is to be found in the failure of nation-states to recognize the imperatives of internationalism.

Don’t complain about growing old — many, many people do not have that privilege.

Enraging liberals is simply one of the more enjoyable side effects of my wisdom.

You can kill a revolutionary but you can’t kill revolution, you can jail a liberator but you can’t jail liberation.

The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they’re ignorant; it’s just that they know so much that isn’t so.

Liberals measure compassion by how many people are given welfare. Conservatives measure compassion by how many people no longer need it.

It isn’t so much that liberals are ignorant. It’s just that they know so many things that aren’t so.

Real liberation comes not from glossing over or repressing painful states of feeling, but only from experiencing them to the full.

The real division is not between conservatives and revolutionaries but between authoritarians and libertarians.

Education means emancipation. It means light and liberty. It means the uplifting of the soul of man into the glorious light of truth, the light by which men can only be made free.