This Nation Will Remain The

Applause, Mingled With Boos And Hisses, Is About All That The Average Voter Is Able Or Willing To Contribute To Public Life.

All Young People Want To Kick Up Their Heels And Defy Convention; Most Of Them Would Prefer To Do It At A Not Too Heavy Cost.

This Republic Was Not Established By Cowards; And Cowards Will Not Preserve It.

This Nation Was Conceived In Liberty And Dedicated To The Principle - Among Others - That Honest Men May Honestly Disagree; That If They All Say What They Think, A Majority Of The People Will Be Able To Distinguish Truth From Error.

We Have Got To Defeat This Attack On The Freedom Of The Mind...but It Takes Courage For A Young Man With A Family To Stand Up To It; All The More Obligation On Those Of Us Who Have Nothing Left To Lose. At Any Age It Is Better To Be A Dead Lion Than A Living Dog - Though Better Still, Of Course, To Be A Living And Victorious Lion - But It Is Easier To Run The Risk Of Being Killed (or Fired) In Action If Before Long You Are Going To Be Dead Anyway. This Freedom Seems To Me The Chief Consolation Of Old Age.