Quotes of the Week

The rule of law can be wiped out in one misguided, however well-intentioned, generation.
– William T. Gossett

Restriction of free thought and free speech is...the one un-American act that could most easily defeat us.
– Justice William O. Douglas

For the average American, freedom of speech is simply the freedom to repeat what everyone else is saying and no more.
– Gore Vidal

Free speech is meaningless unless it tolerates the speech that we hate.
– Henry J. Hyde

Where men cannot freely convey their thoughts to one another, no other liberty is secure.
– William E. Hocking

A censor is a man who knows more than he thinks you ought to.
– Granville Hicks

One's right to...free speech, a free press, freedom of worship and assembly…may not be submitted to vote...
– Robert H. Jackson

Liberty is always dangerous, but it is the safest thing we have.
– Harry Emerson Fosdick