William O. Douglas
Judge
1898-10-16
Quotes by William O. Douglas
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The right to be let alone is indeed the beginning of all fre
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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 defea
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Sunlight is the best disinfectant.
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Sunlight is the best disinfectant.
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The right to be let alone is indeed the beginning of all fre
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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 defea
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The right to be let alone is indeed the beginning of all freedoms.
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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.
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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.
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Literature should not be suppressed merely because it offends the moral code of the censor.
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We are a religious people whose institutions presuppose a Supreme Being.
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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.
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No patent medicine was ever put to wider and more varied use than the Fourteenth Amendment.
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As nightfall does not come at once, neither does oppression. In both instances, there is a twilight when everything remains seemingly unchanged, and it is in such a twilight that we all must be most aware of change in the air - however slight - lest we become unwitting victims of darkness.
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Acceptance by government of a dissident press is a measure of the maturity of a nation.
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