"You can only protect your liberties in this world by protecting the other man's freedom."

"I never wanted to see anybody die, but there are a few obituary notices I have read with pleasure."

"Just think of the tragedy of teaching children not to doubt."

"Everybody is a potential murderer. I've never killed anyone, but I frequently get satisfaction reading the obituary notices."

"Whatever crushes individuality is despotism, by whatever name it may be called and whether it professes to be enforcing the will of God or the injunctions of men."

"He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God."

"God help me if I ever do another movie with an explosion in it. If you see me in a movie where stuff is exploding you'll know I've lost all my money."

"Maybe it's our sins that give God consolation when he finally has to give us cancer."