"I sat reading in these chairs and felt somehow, in an abstract rather than a religious way, that suffering shapes you. Not only my own religious thought, but that of my ancestors, affected me in some way. The thing we have as Jews is that it’s a wonderfully abstract religion. Images are not allowed, so it’s welcome to abstract thought."

"My outlook on warfare is best illustrated by a cartoon I did some thirty-odd years ago of a soldier in an I…"

"When British and then American troops moved into southern Italy, they simply reinstated the fascist order—t…"

"An immense amount, enough to fill many books, has already been written on the subject , and I do not suppos…"

"Then she came out of the kitchen with a glass of milk in her hand. "Here," she offered. "A cool drink." But…"

"Though I do, of course agree with the principles you have mentioned, I am returning the paper unsigned, as …"

"William O. Douglas Papers at the Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library, Princeton University"