“Let us, then, be what we are, and speak what we think, and in all things keep ourselves loyal to the truth
“Love. The reason I dislike that word is that it means too much for me, far more than you can understand
“If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter
“The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter--it's the difference between the lightning bug and the lightning.
“It is by the fortune of God that, in this country, we have three benefits: freedom of speech, freedom of thought, and the wisdom never to use either.
“You learn to speak by speaking, to study by studying, to run by running, to work by working; in just the same way, you learn to love by loving.
“Mathematicians are like Frenchmen: whatever you say to them, they translate it into their own language, and forthwith it means something entirely different
“There are laws to protect the freedom of the press's speech, but none that are worth anything to protect the people from the press