Freedom of speech and freedom of action are meaningless without freedom to think. And there is no freedom of thought without doubt.

[Thanatopsis] was written in 1817, when Bryant was 23. Had he died then, the world would have thought it had lost a great poet. But he lived on.

Legislators who are of even average intelligence stand out among their colleagues ... A cultured college president has become as much a rarity as a literate ne…

Lying is an indispensable part of making life tolerable.