Henry Steele Commager quote: "Censorship always defeats it own purpose, for it creates in the end the kind of society that is incapable of exercising real discretion."

A free society cherishes nonconformity. It knows that from the non-conformist, from the eccentric, h...
HENRY STEELE COMMAGER

The fact is that censorship always defeats its own purpose, for it creates, in the end, the kind of ...
HENRY STEELE COMMAGER

It's awfully hard to be the son of a great man and also of a half-crazy woman.
HENRY STEELE COMMAGER

History, we can confidently assert, is useful in the sense that art and music, poetry and flowers, r...
HENRY STEELE COMMAGER

Change does not necessarily assure progress, but progress implacably requires change. Education is e...
HENRY STEELE COMMAGER

Men in authority will always think that criticism of their policies is dangerous. They will always e...
HENRY STEELE COMMAGER

If our democracy is to flourish, it must have criticism; if our government is to function it must ha...
HENRY COMMAGER

Change does not necessarily assure progress, but progress implacably requires change. Education is e...
HENRY S. COMMAGER

Loyalty ... is a realization that America was born of revolt, flourished in dissent, became great th...
HENRY S. COMMAGER

I've always been very image prone, along the lines of bands like Black Sabbath and even Devo.
PETER STEELE

I didn't have any agent; I've never had an agent.
BARBARA STEELE

Certainly, in Italy, nobody takes light for granted.
BARBARA STEELE

In the sequence where I am burned at the stake, everything was so casual and hazardous that the bott...
BARBARA STEELE

The crew, like all Italian crews, was generous, warm, and enthusiastic.
BARBARA STEELE

I don't have an objective overview of Black Sunday.
BARBARA STEELE

If you were out of a job and your kid needed diapers and your husband just left you, you would be so...
BARBARA STEELE

Italian cameramen grow up immersed in an awareness of light. It is part of their mythology.
BARBARA STEELE

I was obliged to stand there, holding the leash of this creature for their welcoming publicity shots...
BARBARA STEELE

After all, film is so porous, and to my mind, so oddly occult, that I think that film itself absorbs...
BARBARA STEELE

Show business is really 90 per cent luck and 10 per cent being able to handle it when it gets offere...
TOMMY STEELE

I think anyone who has an opinion, and voices it, will offend someone.
PETER STEELE

We have a lot to gain through furthering stem cell research, but medical breakthroughs should be fun...
MICHAEL STEELE

You can have all the gun control laws in the country, but if you don't enforce them, people are ...
MICHAEL STEELE

I think aerobics are great, of course, but it just bores me out of my mind.
PETER STEELE

Fire and swords are slow engines of destruction, compared to the tongue of a Gossip.
RICHARD STEELE

I don't have an objective overview of Black Sunday.
BARBARA STEELE

I didn't have any agent; I've never had an agent.
BARBARA STEELE

If you need food, there are 41 pantries in St. Joe County.
BARBARA STEELE

We have information on all of these things.
BARBARA STEELE

The show is free, ... The freeholders do not charge for admission to the show. That makes it an affo...
BARBARA STEELE

It's a myth that we roll the beaches up after Labor Day, ... We call it 'Super September.'
BARBARA STEELE

The Tuckerton Seaport contributes to the ambiance of the show, ... The Tuckerton Seaport is the clos...
BARBARA STEELE

The Supreme Court of the nation has noticed that when you're trying to protect people who have been ...
BECKY STEELE

She is such a strength for us in the middle. She's very unselfish and produces the attack for us.
BECKY STEELE

We're finally doing what we thought we could do. Things could have snowballed downward, but it didn'...
BECKY STEELE

We were able to capitalize on their defensive breakdowns. We were able to dribble in and take some s...
BECKY STEELE

We don't think a person must get a $1 million policy for a nativity scene in the park. That clearly ...
BECKY STEELE

Execute better offensively than we did last week, ... Our defense didn't play too bad against Sacred...
BEN STEELE

(Being cut) definitely did surprise me. I thought I played well in the preseason. But I'm here now a...
BEN STEELE

I kind of signed my life (over to Green Bay) this summer and had all my stuff here. I really didn't ...
BEN STEELE

She volunteers all the time. Even sports her daughters are not involved in, she's the first to help.
BEN STEELE

I wanted to come back, ... That's what's disappointing - I missed out on a pretty good opportunity (...
BEN STEELE

It's a big difference when you can count that seven points. The extra point can turn a ball game aro...
BEN STEELE

My swim was sort of mediocre, but I think it was made up by a fantastic ride by Neil and an even bet...
ANDREW STEELE

Why not, although he's an indoor specialist. I think he's definitely within reach and hopefully I ca...
ANDREW STEELE

They key thing is that the cooling, whether by blanket or by cap, helps some babies.
ANDREW STEELE

Ice-filled volcanic vents, such as these, are likely to occur on Mars and may be a potential habitat...
ANDREW STEELE

We're trying to determine exactly what happened, how it happened and when it happened,
ANNE STEELE

It's certainly one of the most significant leads we've received,
ANNE STEELE

We do believe he's crossed state lines -- most likely into California, ... Beyond that we're not bei...
ANNE STEELE

The agents who dealt with these phone calls were very familiar with her and took everything with a g...
ANNE STEELE

There are no atheists in foxholes, they say, and I was a foxhole atheist for a long time. But after ...
PETER STEELE

Nothing can atone for the lack of modesty; without which beauty is ungraceful and wit detestable.
RICHARD STEELE

I like to put on hardcore when I have to clean my apartment, which I hate to do, but it's motiva...
PETER STEELE

I'm a big fan of the effects of alcohol.
PETER STEELE

Since the social victim has been oppressed by society, he comes to feel that his individual life wil...
SHELBY STEELE

Instead of slashing my wrists, I just write a bunch of really crummy songs.
PETER STEELE

Congress must also enact pro-growth policies that encourage the economy to expand: like making tax r...
MICHAEL STEELE

This is a tragedy,
BILL STEELE

He was always cheerful, always helping anyone ... always the first to volunteer to take stuff on.
BILL STEELE

At the end of the day, it's got to have effective technology, which means it has got to shave.
BILL STEELE

Cycle after cycle, like the ticks of a clock, we get closer and closer to the point where one of the...
BILL STEELE

I've lost a dear friend; and, the guy I depended on for so many different things, here in the lab. H...
BILL STEELE

There isn't a consensus of exactly what is going on with this deep tremor. There's a lot of unanswer...
BILL STEELE

All of the dome-building that went on after the 1980 big eruption didn't have earthquake activity th...
BILL STEELE

Our trustees are not employee-friendly. We request you appoint new trustees who are employee-friendl...
BILL STEELE

The ash plume can travel, and the hazard to aviation is real, ... To individuals, it's more of an an...
BILL STEELE

I think the company clearly has had a tough time driving their top-line growth, and I think they are...
BILL STEELE

If the truth is not reported, rumors and confusion grow and more problems then occur. People start i...
BOB STEELE

Traditionally, news organizations are very careful about reporting bomb threats. We don't want to pr...
BOB STEELE

This is one of those case where there can be multiple, justifiable ethical right answers.
BOB STEELE

If the journalist was paying someone for their information, cooperation and participation, the payme...
BOB STEELE

You know, when we get to a point in this country where dissent is extremism, we've turned, I thi...
MICHAEL STEELE

Here, from her ashes you lay. A broken girl so lost in despondency that you know that even if she do...
AMANDA STEELE

The blade sings to me. Faintly, so soft against my ears, its voice calms my worries and tells me tha...
AMANDA STEELE

To see someone 70 years old with dyed black hair, you're like, 'Hmmm, I dunno. Is that a wri...
PETER STEELE

Opportunity follows struggle. It follows effort. It follows hard work. It doesn't come before.
SHELBY STEELE

To be totally honest, I don't try to rank myself, When I'm on the court, I feel I'm as good as anyon...
RONALD STEELE

She loved good preaching. She loved good political talk. So she is smiling.
ELAINE STEELE

I cannot think of any character below the flatterer, except he who envies him.
RICHARD STEELE

Rush Limbaugh is an entertainer. Rush Limbaugh's whole thing is entertainment. Yes, it is incend...
MICHAEL STEELE

I really like action-dramas like 'The Professional' or 'La Femme Nikita.' I'd re...
CASSIE STEELE

The bottom line is, I hear my donors, I hear our base out there, I hear the leadership. And we'r...
MICHAEL STEELE

We are a grassroots party. We always have been. That's been the strength of the GOP.
MICHAEL STEELE

Seafood on the grill can be intimidating if you don't know what you are doing. It's really quite eas...
KEVIN STEELE

My view on politics is much more grassroots oriented; it's not old boy network oriented, so I te...
MICHAEL STEELE

The extension is crucial. We can't expect a system that enslaved us to save us.
CHARLES STEELE

I think it?s wrong. We have worked every day of our lives to pay for these properties. To me, it?s p...
CHARLES STEELE

We got to have the NAACP, the SCLC, the Rev. Al Sharptons,
CHARLES STEELE

I like my hair long, and I love my bangs. I love them because I can pin them back or keep the fringe...
CASSIE STEELE

To be exempt from the Passions with which others are tormented, is the only pleasing Solitude.
RICHARD STEELE

It's bad poetry executed by people that can't sing. That's my definition of Rap.
PETER STEELE

If I wasn't bound to Brooklyn, due to my own personal reasons like taking care of my mother and ...
PETER STEELE

Secure our borders first. Let us know and let us make sure the American people know that we're t...
MICHAEL STEELE

As far as humor goes, I've always been a very insecure person and I've always wanted to be l...
PETER STEELE

Hats off to Taft, they played hard. They tried. They never gave up. The coaches at Taft are doing a ...
MIKE STEELE

Since the social victim has been oppressed by society, he comes to feel that his individual life wil...
SHELBY STEELE

Freedom always carries the burden of proof, always throws us back on ourselves.
SHELBY STEELE

A great achievement of modern liberalism -- and a primary reason for its surviving decades past the ...
SHELBY STEELE

There are homosexuals in the world, and they should not be excluded based on their sexuality. I draw...
SHELBY STEELE

A Dream Deferred: The Second Betrayal of Black Freedom in America
SHELBY STEELE

The promised land guarantees nothing. It is only an opportunity, not a deliverance.
SHELBY STEELE

From this point on, the race's advancement will come from the efforts of its individuals.
SHELBY STEELE

Do not hurt your neighbor, for it is not him you wrong but yourself.
SHELBY STEELE

It's a myth that we roll the beaches up after Labor Day, ... We call it 'Super September.'
BARBARA STEELE

Why did Chief Guerra and Ojeda take over six months to fill a vacant position? This is poor manageme...
CHRISTOPHER STEELE

Late winter, early spring, this is one of those phenomena you do see. It's usually in these types of...
JOHN STEELE

He is meticulous and thorough. He is great communicator and teacher. He knows how to fix things when...
KEVIN STEELE

It's bad poetry executed by people that can't sing. That's my definition of Rap.
PETER STEELE

So, I simply switched over to wine because it was not carbonated.
PETER STEELE

I've been told by people that it's okay to cry but, you know what, it's been used against me.
PETER STEELE

I like to put on hardcore when I have to clean my apartment, which I hate to do, but it's motivation...
PETER STEELE

So I don't cry anymore, I just beat people up. It's a lot more fun.
PETER STEELE

Yes, there are times when I get extremely depressed and how I sublimate those feelings is through mu...
PETER STEELE

I expect the closest she got was something like Venice.
VALERIE STEELE

I don't know what to say to that, but I have to agree with Johnny that, yeah, we do touch upon thing...
PETER STEELE

It seems to be that southern Europeans are just more intimate socially, whereas I like a lot of pers...
PETER STEELE

It is time for blacks to begin the shift from a wartime to a peacetime identity, from fighting for o...
SHELBY STEELE

I had to kind of relearn how to throw.
MIKE STEELE

This guy doesn't fit into any model. He continually proves people wrong, including his coach. I see ...
DAN STEELE

I've been wearing black pants and green shirts now for like thirteen years. It works.
PETER STEELE

He'll be the 'Voice of Grundy County' someday.
DICK STEELE

I like languages and I like different European cultures, because I happen to be Russian, Polish, Ice...
PETER STEELE

Having a few pairs of boots, which can go with a variety of lengths, is really functional.
VALERIE STEELE

I don't believe in, and I am a devout non-believer, in playing new songs live if the subjected a...
PETER STEELE

At the end of the day, I have one job requirement right now that's been given to me by the Repub...
MICHAEL STEELE

A long mission was ahead of them, and no one wanted to get on anyone else's nerves with unnecessary ...
ALLEN STEELE

when a child is ridiculed, shamed, hurt or ignored when she experiences and expresses a legitimate d...
KATHY STEELE

Most bands don't even last fourteen months let alone fourteen years.
PETER STEELE

Chief (Robert) Ojeda has not seen the need to increase the fire prevention division during his entir...
CHRISTOPHER STEELE

And I pray mark how he begins: he sets not up trophies to himself, but triumphs in his God-- "I will...
RICHARD STEELE

What have we lost? Well, we've lost a scientist who is really concerned about the quality of life fo...
BILL STEELE

Something's driving this train, and I think there is a growing consensus that at least fresh gases h...
BILL STEELE

At no time since the pre-1980 buildup to the eruption on May 18 have we seen earthquakes like this,
BILL STEELE

We're making an unscheduled stop,
JEFFREY STEELE

I can't squeeze them all in, but we do the best we can do in a couple of hours. We party, that's for...
JEFFREY STEELE

They Don't Make 'Em Like That Anymore.
JEFFREY STEELE

The troops need to know we support them. We want them to know we care,
JEFFREY STEELE

I guess I've learned that there's really no such thing as a bad label, there is only a bad contract.
PETER STEELE

You don't have to be a size 2 or have a wonderful little waist, which helps you get over the despair...
VALERIE STEELE

I feel that I've grown up a little bit and I'm actually ready to settle down.
PETER STEELE

I'm a big fan of the effects of alcohol.
PETER STEELE

I think for the most part it really doesn't matter how good an album is; I think it really comes dow...
PETER STEELE

The SCLC remains steadfast in its belief that unlawful excessive force was used to detain and subdue...
CHARLES STEELE

The worst thing you can do is allow this by being silent. We could not have made it without fair-min...
CHARLES STEELE

FEMA is already looking to areas other than where the disaster started. They call it free money, and...
CHARLES STEELE

The reality of the fact is people are dying, ... There are some officers with a feel-good mentality ...
CHARLES STEELE

New Orleans had devastation prior to the hurricane. We were warning them that the city was heading t...
CHARLES STEELE

Everything is God's will, ... But there's a certain amount of common sense that God gives to individ...
CHARLES STEELE

This will be a national march, ... At our count, there have been 130 people killed around the nation...
CHARLES STEELE

This is not about Danny Porter or Charles Steele or SCLC, ... I want to have a conversation with the...
CHARLES STEELE

I drink for the effect, because it loosens up the tongue a little bit.
PETER STEELE

We should remove the documentation from where she was arrested because it was unconstitutional.
CHARLES STEELE

Technically, at this point we're no longer with the label; we've fulfilled our contract.
PETER STEELE

I feel like my life is pretty much on display. So much of it is working, and that's really all I...
CASSIE STEELE

In order to achieve optimal economic growth, Congress must adhere to sane spending guidelines while ...
MICHAEL STEELE

People spend their lives in the service of their passions instead of employing their passions in the...
RICHARD STEELE

Alone with thoughts of what should have long been forgotten, I let myself be carried away into the s...
AMANDA STEELE

Inflation for August was 0.1 per cent a welcome reduction from the previous months. While increases...
COLIN STEELE

I also like to eat very much, so I like all different types of foods.
PETER STEELE

There is no struggle, rift, fight between those who claim the banner of the tea party and those who ...
MICHAEL STEELE

We make stupid mistakes when we're young; we do our best to make amends for them as we get older. We...
ALLEN STEELE

They basically only have enough inspectors to inspect hospitals and inspect new construction and tha...
CHRISTOPHER STEELE

There is no Pleasure like that of receiving Praise from the Praiseworthy.
RICHARD STEELE

My advice to young people who want to act is just to do it as much as you can! Find friends who also...
SARAH STEELE

I look upon it as a Point of Morality, to be obliged by those who endeavour to oblige me.
RICHARD STEELE

Losing Samantha hurt, but we still ran our offense and had a chance. Sometimes when you lose the hea...
DICK STEELE

Kristen did a nice job in the second half. She's a tough young lady and got in there and battled big...
DICK STEELE

Those free throws at the end of the first half hurt. The crazy thing is some of the girls that misse...
DICK STEELE

We did a nice job on the wing getting the ball inside. I thought the play of our wing players was ve...
DICK STEELE

Samantha did a great job down the stretch. She's a sophomore out there with a senior mind. She's a t...
DICK STEELE

when we're dispatched, we'll know the street and the area and address, but finding the house is hard...
DAVID STEELE

People often think they can't grill seafood, because they grilled the wrong seafood.
KEVIN STEELE

She sees the floor so well. This year, she has been up against some outstanding point guards and not...
DICK STEELE

She was fed up. She was in her 40s. She was not a child. There comes a point where you say, 'No, I'm...
ELAINE STEELE

When you're an insecure teenager, you build walls and defenses and masks, and those are incredib...
SARAH STEELE

If they chose that option to not take their medications, then maybe they ought to be confined.
DAVID STEELE

We are cooling. We are not warming. The warming you see out there, the supposed warming, and I use m...
MICHAEL STEELE

We have become a society of haves and have-nots. That was a problem before the hurricane, and it's s...
CHARLES STEELE

I'm more convinced now we need a moratorium,
CHARLES STEELE

Dear refuge of my weary soul,
On thee, when sorrows rise,
On thee, when waves of trouble r...
ANNE STEELE

Tax policy is not about compassion.
MICHAEL STEELE

The reality of it is I think the GOP - Republicans and certainly conservatives - will partner with t...
MICHAEL STEELE

Developmental readings are actually the best part of being an actor for me. I once spent a month doi...
SARAH STEELE

We need to increase access to health insurance through Health Savings Accounts and high deductible p...
MICHAEL STEELE

I came from a very musical family, so I grew up singing karaoke with the family. My family said '...
CASSIE STEELE

You spent a bundle. Nobody wants to look like a fashion victim.
VALERIE STEELE

Well, darkness with humor... I'm not an extremely suicidal or sad person.
PETER STEELE

I was born in North Carolina but moved to a suburb just outside of Philadelphia when I was 5, so mos...
SARAH STEELE

It's tough. I feel worse for my family and my crew than I do for myself. It was driver error on that...
DAN STEELE

It was something that made sense to me when I was thinking about whether or not Tommy should compete...
DAN STEELE

Those guys did some amazing things last year. Most of them are back. The thing that I am most proud ...
DAN STEELE

It's forced local districts to fill in the gaps however they can, so levies are much more important ...
DAN STEELE

I'm much better at things if I believe in them, and a lot of those little teenage starlet roles,...
SARAH STEELE

I'm a huge geek, so I love 'Stargate' and 'Firefly.'
CASSIE STEELE

I'm the product of 6 million years of evolution? Come on, man. I crawled out of a swamp yesterda...
PETER STEELE

It's important we find out who Rafal socialised with, lived with and worked with during the seven mo...
COLIN STEELE

Inflation for August was 0.1 per cent
a welcome reduction from the previous months. While incr...
COLIN STEELE

The signing of the addendum
to the MoU addresses the valid concerns of the labour movement and...
COLIN STEELE

I respect Rush Limbaugh; he is a national conservative leader, and in no way do I want to diminish h...
MICHAEL STEELE

Censorship always defeats it own purpose, for it creates in the end the kind of society that is incapable of exercising real discretion.

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Censorship always defeats it own purpose, for it creates in the end the kind of society that is incapable of exercising real discretion.

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