“A fanatical belief in democracy makes democratic institutions impossible”

“Belief in God and a future life makes it possible to go through life with less of stoic courage than is needed by skeptics.”

“To acquire immunity to eloquence is of the utmost importance to the citizens of a democracy.”

“Intelligibility or precision: to combine the two is impossible.”

“It is clear that thought is not free if the profession of certain opinions makes it impossible to earn a living. It is clear also that thought is not free if all the arguments on one side of a controversy are perpetually presented as attractively as possible, while the arguments on the other side can only be discovered by diligent search.”

“One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one’s work is terribly important.”

“I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong.”