We who have the final word can speak softly or angrily. We can seek to challenge and annoy, as we need not stay docile and quiet.- William O. Douglas
We do not sit as a superlegislature to weigh the wisdom of legislation.- William O. Douglas
We are a religious people whose institutions presuppose a Supreme Being.- William O. Douglas
The right to revolt has sources deep in our history.- William O. Douglas
The right to be let alone is indeed the beginning of all freedoms.- William O. Douglas
The liberties of none are safe unless the liberties of all are protected.- William O. Douglas
The critical point is that the Constitution places the right of silence beyond the reach of government.- William O. Douglas
The Constitution is not neutral. It was designed to take the government off the backs of people.- William O. Douglas
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
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
Tell the FBI that the kidnappers should pick out a judge that Nixon wants back.- William O. Douglas
Since when have we Americans been expected to bow submissively to authority and speak with awe and reverence to those who represent us?- 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.- William O. Douglas
No patent medicine was ever put to wider and more varied use than the Fourteenth Amendment.- William O. Douglas
Marriage is a coming together for better or for worse, hopefully enduring, and intimate to the degree of being sacred.- William O. Douglas
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