Author: 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

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

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

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

The right to revolt has sources deep in our history.

The right to revolt has sources deep in our history.

- 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

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

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

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