Speaking does not make true. Anyone can say anything and often do.

Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.

When one remains silent in the face of oppression, one is on the side of the oppressor.

Let thy speech be short, comprehending much in few words

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or the right of the people to peacefully to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances. -First Amendment

A Constitution of Government once changed from Freedom, can never be restored. Liberty, once lost, is lost forever.

Speech is civilization itself. The word, even the most contradictory word, preserves contact—it is silence which isolates.

Fear of serious injury cannot alone justify suppression of free speech and assembly. Men feared witches and burned women. It is the function of speech to free men from the bondage of irrational fears.

Should I keep back my opinions at such a time, through fear of giving offense, I should consider myself as guilty of treason towards my country, and of an act of disloyalty toward the Majesty of Heaven, which I revere above all earthly kings.

Understanding a question is half an answer.

Think lovingly, speak lovingly, act lovingly, and every need shall be supplied.

Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

Man's tongue is soft, and bone doth lack; yet a stroke therewith may break a man's back.

Listen with ears of tolerance, see through the eyes of compassion, speak with language of love.

No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself, and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be true.

Freedom of information is a fundamental human right...for a nation that is afraid to let its people to judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.

Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And the process is continuing day by day and minute by minute.

Those who are able to see beyond the shadows and lies of their culture will never be understood, let alone believed, by the masses.

The greatest kindness one can render to any man is leading him to truth.

I shall not commit the fashionable stupidity of regarding everything I cannot explain as a fraud.

It wasn't until late in life that I discovered how easy it is to say "I don't know."

All men make mistakes, but a good man yields when he knows he knows his course is wrong and repairs the evil. The only crime is pride.