“If there is any fixed star in our constitutional constellation, it is that no official, high or petty, can prescribe what shall be orthodox in politics, nationalism, religion, or other matters of opinion, or force citizens to confess by word or act.”
“The word survivor suggests someone who has emerged alive from a plane crash or a natural disaster. But the word can also refer to the loved ones of murder victims, and this was the sense in which it was used at a four-day conference in early June at Boston College.”
| Mahmoud Abbas, Statesman (1935) |
| Marcus Allen, Athlete (1960) |
| Wilhelm Backhaus, Musician (1884) |
| Todd Barry, Comedian (1964) |
| James Caan, Actor (1940) |
| Joseph Campbell, Author (1904) |
| Richard Dawkins, Scientist (1941) |
| Vine Deloria, Jr., Author (1933) |
| Ernst Engel, Economist (1821) |
| Jon English, Musician (1949) |
| Josef Albers, Artist (1976) |
| Katharine Lee Bates, Author (1929) |
| James Callaghan, Leader (2005) |
| Randy Castillo, Musician (2002) |
| Geraldine Ferraro, Politician (2011) |
| David Lloyd George, Statesman (1945) |