At the constitutional level where we work, 90 percent of any decision is emotional. The rational part of us supplies the reasons for supporting our predilections. William O. Douglas American Judge More William O. Douglas Quotes 0
Common sense often makes good law. William O. Douglas American Judge More William O. Douglas Quotes 0
Free speech is not to be regulated like diseased cattle and impure butter. The audience that hissed yesterday may applaud today, even for the same performance. William O. Douglas American Judge More William O. Douglas Quotes 0
Literature should not be suppressed merely because it offends the moral code of the censor. William O. Douglas American Judge More William O. Douglas Quotes 0
Marriage is a coming together for better or for worse, hopefully enduring, and intimate to the degree of being sacred. William O. Douglas American Judge More William O. Douglas Quotes 0
No patent medicine was ever put to wider and more varied use than the Fourteenth Amendment. William O. Douglas American Judge More William O. Douglas Quotes 0
One who comes to the Court must come to adore, not to protest. That's the new gloss on the 1st Amendment. William O. Douglas American Judge More William O. Douglas Quotes 0
Since when have we Americans been expected to bow submissively to authority and speak with awe and reverence to those who represent us? William O. Douglas American Judge More William O. Douglas Quotes 0
Tell the FBI that the kidnappers should pick out a judge that Nixon wants back. William O. Douglas American Judge More William O. Douglas Quotes 0
The 5th Amendment is an old friend and a good friend. one of the great landmarks in men's struggle to be free of tyranny, to be decent and civilized. William O. Douglas American Judge More William O. Douglas Quotes 0
The association promotes a way of life, not causes; a harmony in living, not political faiths; a bilateral loyalty, not commercial or social projects. Yet it is an association for as noble a purpose as any involved in any prior decisions. William O. Douglas American Judge More William O. Douglas Quotes 0
The Constitution is not neutral. It was designed to take the government off the backs of people. William O. Douglas American Judge More William O. Douglas Quotes 0
The critical point is that the Constitution places the right of silence beyond the reach of government. William O. Douglas American Judge More William O. Douglas Quotes 0
The liberties of none are safe unless the liberties of all are protected. William O. Douglas American Judge More William O. Douglas Quotes 0
We are a religious people whose institutions presuppose a Supreme Being. William O. Douglas American Judge More William O. Douglas Quotes 0
We do not sit as a superlegislature to weigh the wisdom of legislation. William O. Douglas American Judge More William O. Douglas Quotes 0
We who have the final word can speak softly or angrily. We can seek to challenge and annoy, as we need not stay docile and quiet. William O. Douglas American Judge More William O. Douglas Quotes 0