The American People...have A Stake

History Is A Jangle Of Accidents, Blunders, Surprises And Absurdities, And So Is Our Knowledge Of It, But If We Are To Report It At All We Must Impose Some Order Upon It.

We Should Not Forget That Our Tradition Is One Of Protest And Revolt, And It Is Stultifying To Celebrate The Rebels Of The Past ... While We Silence The Rebels Of The Present.

Education Is Essential To Change, For Education Creates Both New Wants And The Ability To Satisfy Them.

Censorship Always Defeats It Own Purpose, For It Creates In The End The Kind Of Society That Is Incapable Of Exercising Real Discretion.

If Our Democracy Is To Flourish, It Must Have Criticism; If Our Government Is To Function It Must Have Dissent.