William O. Douglas

William O. Douglas

William Orville Douglas (October 16, 1898 – January 19, 1980) served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.

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

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The Constitution is not neutral. It was designed to take the government off the backs of people.

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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.

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Tell the FBI that the kidnappers should pick out a judge that Nixon wants back.

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Marriage is a coming together for better or for worse, hopefully enduring, and intimate to the degree of being sacred.

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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.

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We do not sit as a superlegislature to weigh the wisdom of legislation.

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William O. Douglas