The Greatest Danger That Threatens Us Is

To Yearn For A Single, And Usually Simple, Explanation Of The Chaotic Materials Of The Past, To Search For A Single Thread In That Most Tangled Of All Skeins, Is A Sign Of Immaturity.

In The Long Run [censorship] Will Create A Generation Incapable Of Appreciating The Difference Between Independence Of Thought And Subservience.

Change Does Not Necessarily Assure Progress, But Progress Implacably Requires Change.

The Decision For Complete Religious Freedom And For Separation Of Church And State In The Eyes Of The Rest Of The World Was Perhaps The Most Important Decision Reached In The New World. Everywhere In The Western World Of The 18th Century, Church And State Were One; And Everywhere The State Maintained An Established Church And Tried To Force Conformity To Its Dogma.

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