The best defense against usurpatory government is an assertive citizenry.

The best defense against usurpatory government is an assertive citizenry.

The inner censor of the mind of the true believer completes the work of the public censor; his self-discipline is read more

The inner censor of the mind of the true believer completes the work of the public censor; his self-discipline is as tyrannical as the obedience imposed by the regime; he terrorizes his own conscience into submission; he carries his private Iron Curtain inside his skull, to protect his illusions against the intrusion of reality.

The jury has a right to judge both the law as well as the fact in controversy.

The jury has a right to judge both the law as well as the fact in controversy.

In a democracy, dissent is an act of faith.

In a democracy, dissent is an act of faith.

Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.

Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.

My father was a minister. I had to make up for the lack of sin.

My father was a minister. I had to make up for the lack of sin.

We suffer most when the White House busts with ideas.

We suffer most when the White House busts with ideas.

The tendency of democracies is, in all things, to mediocrity, since the tastes, knowledge, and principles of the majority form read more

The tendency of democracies is, in all things, to mediocrity, since the tastes, knowledge, and principles of the majority form the tribunal of appeal.

A society that does not recognize that each individual has values of his own which he is entitled to follow read more

A society that does not recognize that each individual has values of his own which he is entitled to follow can have no respect for the dignity of the individual and cannot really know freedom.