William O. Douglas Quotes - Famous Quotes by William O. Douglas
Born: 1898-10-16
Died: 1980-01-19
William O. Douglas Biography
Common sense often makes good law.
- William O. Douglas
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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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Literature should not be surpressed merely because it affects the moral code of the censor.
- William O. Douglas
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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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Religious experiences which are as real as life to some may be incomprehensible to others.
- William O. Douglas
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Restriction of free thought and free speech is the most dangerous of all subversions. It is the one un-American act that could most easily defeat us.
- William O. Douglas
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Solitude is the beginning of all freedom.
- William O. Douglas
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Tell the FBI that the kidnappers should pick out a judge that Nixon wants back.
- William O. Douglas
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The great and invigorating influences in American life have been the unorthodox: the people who challenge an existing institution or way of life, or say and do things that make people think.
- William O. Douglas
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The right to be let alone is indeed the beginning of all freedom.
- William O. Douglas
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The right to be let alone is indeed the beginning of all freedom.
- Justice William O. Douglas
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The Second Amendment reveals a profound principle of American government - the principle of civilian ascendency over the military.
- William O. Douglas
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The way to combat noxious ideas is with other ideas. The way to combat falsehoods is with truth.
- William O. Douglas
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