"Just the concept of personal freedom within a democracy, for instance, is a relatively young idea - only about 300 years old in this country"

"As soon as laws are necessary for men, they are no longer fit for freedom"

"The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions"

"It does not take a majority to prevail... but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men"

"Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage"

"Neurotics complain of their illness, but they make the most of it, and when it comes to talking it away from them they will defend it like a lioness her young"

"We are all different. Yet we are all God's children. We are all united behind this country and the common cause of freedom, justice, fairness, and equality. That is what unites us"

"The end of law is not to abolish or restrain, but to preserve and enlarge freedom. For in all the states of created beings capable of law, where there is no law, there is no freedom"

"Young men have a passion for regarding their elders as senile"

"Youth is not a question of years: one is young or old from birth"

"Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people"