William Borah Professions : Former United States Senator Born : June 29, 1865 Died : January 19, 1940 Browse All Authors Top 6 quotes by William Borah Without an unfettered press, without liberty of speech, all of the outward forms and structures of free institutions are a sham, a pretense - the sheerest mockery. If the press is not free; if speech is not independent and untrammeled; if the mind is shackled or made impotent through fear, it makes no difference under what form of government you live, you are a subject and not a citizen. William Borah independent differences government No more fatuous chimera has ever infested the brain than that you can control opinions by law or direct belief by statute, and no more pernicious sentiment ever tormented the heart than the barbarous desire to do so. The field of inquiry should remain open, and the right of debate must be regarded as a sacred right. William Borah law brain heart Peace purchased at the cost of any part of our national integrity is fit only for slaves, and even when purchased for such a price it is a delusion, for it cannot last. William Borah cost freedom integrity There is nothing that dies so hard and rallies so often as intolerance. William Borah intolerance hard dies I look upon those who would deny others the right to urge and argue their position, however irksome and pernicious they may seem, as intellectual and moral cowards. William Borah coward intellectual looks There is nothing that dies so hard and rallies so often as intolerance. The vices and passions which it summons to its support are the most ruthless and the most persistent harbored in the human breast. They sometimes sleep but they never seem to die. Anything, any extraordinary situation, any unnecessary controversy, may light those fires again and plant in our republic that which has destroyed every republic which undertook to nurse it. William Borah passion fire sleep Similar Authors Al D'Amato former-united-states-senator Birch Bayh former-united-states-senator Byron Dorgan former-united-states-senator Brien McMahon former-united-states-senator Arlen Specter former-united-states-senator Boies Penrose former-united-states-senator All Authors
