Self-respect Cannot Be Hunted. It Cannot Be

There Are Certain Things In A Man That Have To Be Won, Not Forced; Inspired, Not Compelled. Among These Are Many, I Should Say Most, Of The Things That Constitute The Good Life. All Are Essential To Democracy. All Are Proof Against Its Enemies.

Self-respect Cannot Be Hunted. It Cannot Be Purchased. It Is Never For Sale. It Cannot Be Fabricated Out Of Public Relations. It Comes To Us When We Are Alone, In Quiet Moments, In Quiet Places, When We Suddenly Realize That, Knowing The Good, We Have Done It; Knowing The Beautiful, We Have Served It; Knowing The Truth We Have Spoken It

If Appeasing Our Enemies Is Not The Answer, Neither Is Hating Them.... Somewhere Between The Extremes Of Appeasement And Hate There Is A Place For Courage And Strength To Express Themselves In Magnanimity And Charity, And This Is The Place We Must Find.

Could Hamlet Have Been Written By A Committee, Or The "mona Lisa" Painted By A Club? Could The New Testament Have Been Composed As A Conference Report? Creative Ideas Do Not Spring From Groups. They Spring From Individuals. The Divine Spark Leaps From The Finger Of God To The Finger Of Adam, Whether It Takes Ultimate Shape In A Law Of Physics Or A Law Of The Land, A Poem Or A Policy, A Sonata Or A Mechanical Computer.

Books Won't Stay Banned. They Won't Burn. Ideas Won't Go To Jail. In The Long Run Of History, The Censor And The Inquisitor Have Always Lost. The Only Sure Weapon Against Bad Ideas Is Better Ideas. The Source Of Better Ideas Is Wisdom. The Surest Path To Wisdom Is A Liberal Education.