Author: William O. Douglas

Quotes

Common sense often makes good law.

Common sense often makes good law.

- 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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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