I pondered all these things, and how men fight and lose the battle, and the thing that they fought for comes about in spite of their defeat, and when it comes turns out not to be what they meant, and other men have to fight for what they meant under another name. – William Morris
It took me years to understand that words are often as important as experience, because words make experience last. – William Morris
History has remembered the kings and warriors, because they destroyed art has remembered the people, because they created. – William Morris
I do not want art for a few any more than education for a few, or freedom for a few. – William Morris
Thus if the First Amendment means anything in this field, it must allow protests even against the moral code that the standard of the day sets for the community. In other words, literature should not be suppressed merely because it offends the moral code of the censor. – William O. Douglas