"A politician wouldn't dream of being allowed to call a columnist the things a columnist is allowed t..." — Max Lerner

In our rich consumers' civilization we spin cocoons around ourselves and get possessed by our possessions.

The problem of freedom in America is that of maintaining a competition of ideas, and you do not achieve that by silencing one brand of idea.

We cannot live by power, and a culture that seeks to live by it becomes brutal and sterile. But we can die without it.

To deaden yourself against any hurt is to deaden yourself also against the hurt of others.