People don't ask for facts in making up their minds. They would rather have one good, soul-satisfying emotion than a dozen facts. Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally. Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent. Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote.
Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.
A single death is a tragedy, a million deaths is a statistic. The trouble with the rat-race is that even if you win, you're still a rat. Only the winners decide what were war crimes. The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.