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William O. Douglas quotes

American Judge October 16, 1898 – January 19, 1980

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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. William O. Douglas
Only when there is a wilderness can man harmonize his inner being with the wavelengths of the earth. When the earth, its products, its creatures, become his concern, man is caught up in a cause greater than his own life and more meaningful. Only when man loses himself in an endeavor of that magnitude does he walk and live with humanity and reverence. William O. Douglas
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
As nightfall does not come at once, neither does oppression. In both instances, there is a twilight when everything remains seemingly unchanged. And it is in such twilight that we all must be most aware of change in the air? however slight? lest we become unwitting victims of the darkness. William O. Douglas
The framers of the constitution knew human nature as well as we do. They too had lived in dangerous days; they too knew the suffocating influence of orthodoxy and standardized thought. They weighed the compulsions for restrained speech and thought against the abuses of liberty. They chose liberty. William O. Douglas
Big Brother in the form of an increasingly powerful government and in an increasingly powerful private sector will pile the records high with reasons why privacy should give way to national security, to law and order [...] and the like. William O. Douglas
William O. Douglas quote: "Marriage is a coming together for better or for worse,..."
Marriage is a coming together for better or for worse, hopefully enduring, and intimate to the degree of being sacred. William O. Douglas
William O. Douglas quote: "The right to be let alone is indeed the beginning of all..."
The right to be let alone is indeed the beginning of all freedoms. William O. Douglas
William O. Douglas quote: "The right to be let alone is indeed the beginning of all freedom."
The right to be let alone is indeed the beginning of all freedom. William O. Douglas
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
William O. Douglas quote: "Common sense often makes good law."
Common sense often makes good law. William O. Douglas
William O. Douglas quote: "The right to revolt has sources deep in our history."
The right to revolt has sources deep in our history. William O. Douglas
William O. Douglas quote: "The critical point is that the Constitution places the right..."
The critical point is that the Constitution places the right of silence beyond the reach of government. William O. Douglas
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
William O. Douglas quote: "We do not sit as a superlegislature to weigh the wisdom of..."
We do not sit as a superlegislature to weigh the wisdom of legislation. William O. Douglas

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