“My own opinion is enough for me, and I claim the right to have it defended against any consensus, any majority, anywhere, any place, any time. And anyone who disagrees with this can pick a number, get in line, and kiss my ass.”

Can you imagine how he would summon his command of the English language? What might his candor and concision produce?

How I wish we could hear him still. We need his unsmiling face and his pitiless intellect. We need his dismantling of fools and would-be kings.