Today, we present a few quotations for your enjoyment:

&8220;A newspaper ought to be willing to offend even its most loyal readers &8230; A newspaper that gets no complaints is a dead newspaper.&8221;

&8212; John S. Carroll, former editor, Los Angeles Times, 2006

&8220;In a country like ours, no public institution or the people who operate it, can be above public debate.&8221;

&8212; Warren E. Burger, former U.S. chief justice, 1968

&8220;If this Court is to err in evaluating claims that freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and freedom of religion have been invaded, far better that it err in being overprotective of these precious rights.&8221;

&8212; Frank Murphy, former U.S. Supreme Court justice, 1942

&8220;If Congress really wants to send the message that American flags are exceptionally sacred, maybe we should stop importing them with our underwear.&8221;

&8212; Derek Thompson, columnist, The Daily Northwestern, Northwestern University, 2006

&8220;Superman has to manufacture pain, suffering and anguish in order to feel human, which is why he chose journalism.&8221;

&8212; Kevin Smith, journalism professor, Fairmont State University, 2006

&8220;Words &8212; so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become, in the hands of one who knows how to combine them!&8221;

&8212; Nathaniel Hawthorne, writer, 1847

&8220;With the proliferation of devil-may-care bloggers and the facts-be-damned TV cable shout fests, the culture of our profession is trending toward a journalistic Woodstock, where everything except disciplined reporting is considered cool.&8221;

&8212; Stephen J. Berry, journalism professor, University of Iowa, 2005

&8220;The frenzied efforts to prevent leaks have been far, far more damaging to the country than the leaks themselves.&8221;

&8212; Walter Isaacson, president and chief executive officer, Aspen Institute, 2006