Roger Nash Baldwin

“We are for the civil liberty of all people, no matter who they are, as a matter of principle... We are for the rights of the other fellow.”

“The worst enemy of freedom is the disinterested man.”

“Silence never won rights. They are not handed down from above; they are forced by pressures from below.”

“Free speech is the whole thing, the whole ball game. Free speech is life itself.”

“I am for socialism, disarmament, and, ultimately, for abolishing the state itself... I seek the social ownership of property, the abolition of the propertied class, and the sole control of those who produce wealth. Communism is the goal.”

“Loyalty is a fine quality, but in a democracy it should be loyalty to principles and not to men.”

“The history of liberty is a history of resistance.”

“The first essential of a free press is that it be free from any government control.”

“No man's belief is any of the law's business.”

“So long as we have enough people in this country willing to fight for their rights, we'll be called a democracy.”

“The Bill of Rights is a born rebel. It reeks with sedition. In every clause it shakes its fist in the face of constituted authority.”

“The function of a liberal is to disturb the status quo.”

“The price of liberty is not only eternal vigilance, but also eternal agitation.”