Author: 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

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

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.

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

The right to be let alone is indeed the beginning of all freedoms.

The right to be let alone is indeed the beginning of all freedoms.

- William O. Douglas

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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