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William O. Douglas quotes: It is better, so the Fourth Amendment teaches us, that the guilty sometimes go free than the citizens be subject to easy arrest. It is better, so the Fourth Amendment teaches us, that the guilty sometimes go free than the citizens be subject to easy arrest.
William O. Douglas quotes: Sunlight is the best disinfectant. Sunlight is the best disinfectant.
William O. Douglas quotes: Since when have we Americans been expected to bow submissively to authority and speak with awe and reverence to those who represent us? 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 quotes: Power that controls the economy should be in the hands of elected representatives of the people instead of an industrial oligarchy Power that controls the economy should be in the hands of elected representatives of the people instead of an industrial oligarchy
William O. Douglas quotes: Why cannot we work at cooperative schemes and search for the common ground binding all mankind together? Why cannot we work at cooperative schemes and search for the common ground binding all mankind together?
William O. Douglas quotes: When a man knows how to live amid danger, he is not afraid to die. When he is not afraid to die, he is, strangely, free to live. When a man knows how to live amid danger, he is not afraid to die. When he is not afraid to die, he is, strangely, free to live.
William O. Douglas quotes: Fear of ideas makes us impotent and ineffective. Fear of ideas makes us impotent and ineffective.
William O. Douglas quotes: We need to be bold and adventurous in our thinking in order to survive. We need to be bold and adventurous in our thinking in order to survive.
William O. Douglas quotes: The use of violence as an instrument of persuasion is therefore inviting and seems to the discontented to be the only effective protest. The use of violence as an instrument of persuasion is therefore inviting and seems to the discontented to be the only effective protest.
William O. Douglas quotes: We do not sit as a superlegislature to weigh the wisdom of legislation. We do not sit as a superlegislature to weigh the wisdom of legislation.
William O. Douglas quotes: The law is not a series of calculating machines where answers come tumbling out when the right levers are pushed. The law is not a series of calculating machines where answers come tumbling out when the right levers are pushed.
William O. Douglas quotes: The way to combat noxious ideas is with other ideas. The way to combat falsehoods is with truth. The way to combat noxious ideas is with other ideas. The way to combat falsehoods is with truth.
William O. Douglas quotes: We deal with a right of privacy older than the Bill of Rights-older than our political parties, older than our school system. We deal with a right of privacy older than the Bill of Rights-older than our political parties, older than our school system.
William O. Douglas quotes: Literature should not be suppressed merely because it offends the moral code of the censor. Literature should not be suppressed merely because it offends the moral code of the censor.
William O. Douglas quotes: 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. 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 quotes: The one governmental agency that has no ambition. The one governmental agency that has no ambition.
William O. Douglas quotes: I do not know of any salvation for society except through eccentrics, misfits, dissenters, people who protest, I do not know of any salvation for society except through eccentrics, misfits, dissenters, people who protest,
William O. Douglas quotes: One who comes to the Court must come to adore, not to protest. That's the new gloss on the 1st Amendment. 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 quotes: The right to be let alone is indeed the beginning of all freedom.[Public Utilities Commission v. Pollak, 343 U.S. 451, 467 (1952) (dissenting)] The right to be let alone is indeed the beginning of all freedom.
[Public Utilities Commission v. Pollak, 343 U.S. 451, 467 (1952) (dissenting)]
William O. Douglas quotes: 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. 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 quotes: Tell the FBI that the kidnappers should pick out a judge that Nixon wants back. Tell the FBI that the kidnappers should pick out a judge that Nixon wants back.
William O. Douglas quotes: There have always been grievances and youth has always been the agitator. There have always been grievances and youth has always been the agitator.
William O. Douglas quotes: Hiking a ridge, a meadow, a river bottom, is as healthy a form of exercise as one can get. Hiking a ridge, a meadow, a river bottom, is as healthy a form of exercise as one can get.
William O. Douglas quotes: Freedom of movement is the very essence of our free society once the right to travel is curtailed, all other rights suffer. Freedom of movement is the very essence of our free society
once the right to travel is curtailed, all other rights suffer.
William O. Douglas quotes: The court is really the keeper of the conscience, and the conscience is the Constitution. The court is really the keeper of the conscience, and the conscience is the Constitution.
William O. Douglas quotes: Racial discrimination against a white is as unconstitutional as race discrimination against a black. Racial discrimination against a white is as unconstitutional as race discrimination against a black.
William O. Douglas quotes: The Constitution favors no racial group, no political or social group. The Constitution favors no racial group, no political or social group.
William O. Douglas quotes: My faith is that the only soul a man must save is his own. My faith is that the only soul a man must save is his own.
William O. Douglas quotes: The conscience of this nation is the Constitution. The conscience of this nation is the Constitution.
William O. Douglas quotes: The dominant purpose of the First Amendment was to prohibit the widespread practice of government suppression of embarrassing information. The dominant purpose of the First Amendment was to prohibit the widespread practice of government suppression of embarrassing information.
William O. Douglas quotes: We are a religious people whose institutions presuppose a Supreme Being. We are a religious people whose institutions presuppose a Supreme Being.
William O. Douglas quotes: A road is a dagger placed in the heart of a wilderness. A road is a dagger placed in the heart of a wilderness.
William O. Douglas quotes: It seemed to me that I had barely reached the Court when people were trying to get me off. It seemed to me that I had barely reached the Court when people were trying to get me off.
William O. Douglas quotes: Trees have judicial standing, and probably grass too. Trees have judicial standing, and probably grass too.
William O. Douglas quotes: The Constitution is not neutral. It was designed to take the government off the backs of people. The Constitution is not neutral. It was designed to take the government off the backs of people.
William O. Douglas quotes: The Court's great power is its ability to educate, to provide moral leadership. The Court's great power is its ability to educate, to provide moral leadership.
William O. Douglas quotes: I would rather create a precedent than find one. I would rather create a precedent than find one.
William O. Douglas quotes: A people who extend civil liberties only to preferred groups start down the path either to dictatorship of the right or the left. A people who extend civil liberties only to preferred groups start down the path either to dictatorship of the right or the left.
William O. Douglas quotes: Marriage is a coming together for better or for worse, hopefully enduring, and intimate to the degree of being sacred. Marriage is a coming together for better or for worse, hopefully enduring, and intimate to the degree of being sacred.
William O. Douglas quotes: The interests of the corporation state are to convert all the riches of the earth into dollars. The interests of the corporation state are to convert all the riches of the earth into dollars.
William O. Douglas quotes: Acceptance by government of a dissident press is a measure of the maturity of a nation. Acceptance by government of a dissident press is a measure of the maturity of a nation.
William O. Douglas quotes: Common sense often makes a good law. Common sense often makes a good law.
William O. Douglas quotes: The Second Amendment reveals a profound principle of American government - the principle of civilian ascendency over the military. The Second Amendment reveals a profound principle of American government - the principle of civilian ascendency over the military.
William O. Douglas quotes: Man is whole when he is in tune with the winds, the stars, and the hills ... Being in tune with the universe is the entire secrets. Man is whole when he is in tune with the winds, the stars, and the hills ... Being in tune with the universe is the entire secrets.
William O. Douglas quotes: The First Amendment makes confidence in the common sense of our people and in the maturity of their judgement the great postulate of our democracy. The First Amendment makes confidence in the common sense of our people and in the maturity of their judgement the great postulate of our democracy.
William O. Douglas quotes: Absolute discretion is a ruthless master. It is more destructive of freedom than any of man's other inventions. Absolute discretion is a ruthless master. It is more destructive of freedom than any of man's other inventions.
William O. Douglas quotes: The critical point is that the Constitution places the right of silence beyond the reach of government. The critical point is that the Constitution places the right of silence beyond the reach of government.
William O. Douglas quotes: No patent medicine was ever put to wider and more varied use than the Fourteenth Amendment. No patent medicine was ever put to wider and more varied use than the Fourteenth Amendment.
William O. Douglas quotes: The free state offers what a police state denies - the privacy of the home, the dignity and peace of mind of the individual. The free state offers what a police state denies - the privacy of the home, the dignity and peace of mind of the individual.
William O. Douglas quotes: The rules when the giants play are the same as when the pygmies enter the market. The rules when the giants play are the same as when the pygmies enter the market.
William O. Douglas quotes: A reporter is no better than his source of information. A reporter is no better than his source of information.
William O. Douglas quotes: The right to revolt has sources deep in our history. The right to revolt has sources deep in our history.
William O. Douglas quotes: Ideas are indeed the most dangerous weapons in the world. Our ideas of freedom are the most powerful political weapons man has ever forged. Ideas are indeed the most dangerous weapons in the world. Our ideas of freedom are the most powerful political weapons man has ever forged.
William O. Douglas quotes: The liberties of none are safe unless the liberties of all are protected. The liberties of none are safe unless the liberties of all are protected.
William O. Douglas quotes: Common sense often makes good law. Common sense often makes good law.
William O. Douglas quotes: Our upside down welfare state is socialism for the rich, free enterprise for the poor. Our upside down welfare state is socialism for the rich, free enterprise for the poor.

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