American - Judge | October 16, 1898 - January 19, 1980
It seemed to me that I had barely reached the Court when people were trying to get me off.
William O. Douglas
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We do not sit as a superlegislature to weigh the wisdom of legislation.
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We are a religious people whose institutions presuppose a Supreme Being.
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The right to be let alone is indeed the beginning of all freedoms.
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The critical point is that the Constitution places the right of silence beyond the reach of government.
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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.
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Tell the FBI that the kidnappers should pick out a judge that Nixon wants back.
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The right to revolt has sources deep in our history.
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Literature should not be suppressed merely because it offends the moral code of the censor.
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