“When any government, or any church for that matter, undertakes to say ...” — Robert A. Heinlein Quote

“When any government, or any church for that matter, undertakes to say to its subjects, This you may not read, this you must not see, this you are forbidden to know, the end result is tyranny and oppression no matter how holy the motives.”

“I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do. I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do.”

“Writing is not necessarily something to be ashamed of, but do it in private and wash your hands afterwards.”

“One could write a history of science in reverse by assembling the solemn pronouncements of highest authority about what could not be done and could never happen.”

“Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own”

“The government, whether state or central, is elected. That means we have a responsibility to elect the right kind of leaders.”

“This Government has found occasion to express, in a friendly spirit, but with much earnestness, to the Government of the Czar, its serious concern because of the harsh measures now being enforced against the Hebrews in Russia.”

“Welfare's just one of the problems Labour failed to tackle when they were in government.”

“Are we still a country that takes risks, that innovates, that believes anything is possible? Or are we a country that is resigned to whatever liberty the government decides to dish out?”

“Loopy as the Motion Picture Association of America's ratings system is, it's better than what you'd probably get by putting such decisions in the federal government hands.”

“A Bill of Rights is what the people are entitled to against every government, and what no just government should refuse, or rest on inference.”