“What sets our species apart is not just what men will do to other men, but how tirelessly they justify it.”

“Other men are unaware of what they do when they are awake just as they are forgetful of what they do when they are asleep.”

“It does not take a majority to prevail ... but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men.”

“Therefore the sage desires what (other men) do not desire, and does not prize things difficult to get; he learns what (other men) do not learn, and turns back to what the multitude of men have passed by.”

“Men must be free to do what they believe. It is not our right to punish one for thinking what they do, no matter how much we disagree”

“To know how to say what others only know how to think is what makes men poets or sages; and to dare to say what others only dare to think makes men martyrs or reformers-- or both.”