Men In Authority Will Always Think That

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.

Its Awfully Hard To Be The Son Of A Great Man And Also Of A Half-crazy Woman.

The Bill Of Rights Was Not Written To Protect Governments From Trouble. It Was Written Precisely To Give The People The Constitutional Means To Cause Trouble For Governments They No Longer Trusted.

It Is Sobering To Recall That Though The Japanese Relocation Program, Carried Through At Such Incalculable Cost In Misery And Tragedy, Was Justified On The Ground That The Japanese Were Potentially Disloyal, The Record Does Not Disclose A Single Case Of Japanese Disloyalty Or Sabotage During The Whole War.

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