More from William O. Douglas

  1. The privacy and dignity of our citizens [are] being whittled away by sometimes imperceptible steps. Taken individually, each step may be of…
  2. The way to combat noxious ideas is with other ideas. The way to combat falsehoods is with truth.
  3. The great and invigorating influences in American life have been the unorthodox: the people who challenge an existing institution or way of…
  4. We deal with a right of privacy older than the Bill of Rights-older than our political parties, older than our school system.
  5. The Constitution is not neutral. It was designed to take the government off the backs of people.
  6. We do not sit as a superlegislature to weigh the wisdom of legislation.
  7. The association promotes a way of life, not causes; a harmony in living, not political faiths; a bilateral loyalty, not commercial or socia…
  8. 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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