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Potter Stewart quotes: A person's mere propinquity to others independently suspected of criminal activity does not give rise to probable cause to search that person.

A person's mere propinquity to others independently suspected of criminal activity does not give rise to probable cause to search that person.

Potter Stewart quotes: I shall not today attempt further to define the kinds of material but I know it when I see it.

I shall not today attempt further to define the kinds of material but I know it when I see it.

Potter Stewart quotes: In fact, a fundamental interdependence exists between the personal right to liberty and the personal right to property.

In fact, a fundamental interdependence exists between the personal right to liberty and the personal right to property.

Potter Stewart quotes: We dedicated ourselves to a powerful idea - organic law rather than naked power. There seems to be universal acceptance of that idea in the nation.

We dedicated ourselves to a powerful idea - organic law rather than naked power. There seems to be universal acceptance of that idea in the nation.

Potter Stewart quotes: The Court today holds the Congress may say that some of the poor are too poor even to go bankrupt. I cannot agree.

The Court today holds the Congress may say that some of the poor are too poor even to go bankrupt. I cannot agree.

Potter Stewart quotes: The right to enjoy property without unlawful deprivation, no less that the right to speak out or the right to travel is, in truth, a "personal" right.

The right to enjoy property without unlawful deprivation, no less that the right to speak out or the right to travel is, in truth, a "personal" right.

Potter Stewart quotes: Fairness is what justice really is.

Fairness is what justice really is.

Potter Stewart quotes: The dichotomy between personal liberties and property rights is a false one. Property does not have rights. People have rights.

The dichotomy between personal liberties and property rights is a false one. Property does not have rights. People have rights.

Potter Stewart quotes: It must always be remembered that what the Constitution forbids is not all searches and seizures, but unreasonable searches and seizures.

It must always be remembered that what the Constitution forbids is not all searches and seizures, but unreasonable searches and seizures.

Potter Stewart quotes: For me this is not something that can be swept under the rug and forgotten in the interest of forced Sunday togetherness.

For me this is not something that can be swept under the rug and forgotten in the interest of forced Sunday togetherness.

Potter Stewart quotes: These death sentences are cruel and unusual in the same way that being struck by lightning is cruel and unusual.

These death sentences are cruel and unusual in the same way that being struck by lightning is cruel and unusual.

Potter Stewart quotes: Abortion is inherently different from other medical procedures because no other procedure involves the purposeful termination of a potential life.

Abortion is inherently different from other medical procedures because no other procedure involves the purposeful termination of a potential life.

Potter Stewart quotes: To force a lawyer on a defendant can only lead him to believe that the law contrives against him.

To force a lawyer on a defendant can only lead him to believe that the law contrives against him.

Potter Stewart quotes: Censorship reflects a society's lack of confidence in itself.

Censorship reflects a society's lack of confidence in itself.

Potter Stewart quotes: Swift justice demands more than just swiftness.

Swift justice demands more than just swiftness.