"In my view, far from deserving condemnation for their courageous reporting, the New York Times, the Washington Post and other newspapers should be commended for serving the purpose that the Founding Fathers saw so clearly."

"What is history but a fable agreed upon?"

"Fear of serious injury alone cannot justify oppression of free speech and assembly. Men feared witches and burnt women. It is the function of speech to free men from the bondage of irrational fears."

"Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done."

"The past actually happened but history is only what someone wrote down."

"The deliberate and deadly attacks which were carried out yesterday against our country were more than acts of terror. They were acts of war."

"God cannot alter the past, though historians can."

"I came, I saw, I conquered."

"With the Kennedys, the genes are in magnificent alignment, but the stars are demonstrably crossed."

"When you do the common things in life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world."