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William O Douglas Quotes

Hiking a ridge, a meadow, a river bottom, is as healthy a form of exercise as one can get Picture Quote #1

Those in power need checks and restraints lest they come to identify the common good for their own tastes and desires, and their continuation in office as essential to the preservation of the nation Picture Quote #1

The right to be let alone is indeed the beginning of all freedom Picture Quote #1

We need to be bold and adventurous in our thinking in order to survive Picture Quote #1

The right to be let alone is indeed the beginning of all freedoms Picture Quote #1

Common sense often makes good law Picture Quote #1

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The right to revolt has sources deep in our history Picture Quote #1

Common sense often makes a good law Picture Quote #1

My faith is that the only soul a man must save is his own Picture Quote #1

Sunlight is the best disinfectant Picture Quote #1

I would rather create a precedent than find one Picture Quote #1

Fear of ideas makes us impotent and ineffective Picture Quote #1

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The use of violence as an instrument of persuasion is therefore inviting and seems to the discontented to be the only effective protest Picture Quote #1

We are rapidly entering the age of no privacy, where everyone is open to surveillance at all times; where there are no secrets from government Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

The right to dissent is the only thing that makes life tolerable for a judge of an appellate court... the affairs of government could not be conducted by democratic standards without it Picture Quote #1

The whole, though larger than any of its parts, does not necessarily obscure their separate identities Picture Quote #1

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The law is not a series of calculating machines where answers come tumbling out when the right levers are pushed Picture Quote #1

Absolute discretion is a ruthless master. It is more destructive of freedom than any of man’s other inventions Picture Quote #1

There have always been grievances and youth has always been the agitator Picture Quote #1

Religious experiences which are as real as life to some may be incomprehensible to others Picture Quote #1

Literature should not be suppressed merely because it offends the moral code of the censor Picture Quote #1

The liberties of none are safe unless the liberties of all are protected Picture Quote #1

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I hope to be remembered as someone who made the earth a little more beautiful Picture Quote #1

Marriage is a coming together for better or for worse, hopefully enduring, and intimate to the degree of being sacred Picture Quote #1

The way to combat noxious ideas is with other ideas. The way to combat falsehoods is with truth Picture Quote #1

Acceptance by government of a dissident press is a measure of the maturity of a nation Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

The rules when the giants play are the same as when the pygmies enter the market Picture Quote #1

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Hiking a ridge, a meadow, a river bottom, is as healthy a form of exercise as one can get (William O Douglas Quotes) Those in power need checks and restraints lest they come to identify the common good for their own tastes and desires, and their continuation in office as essential to the preservation of the nation (William O Douglas Quotes) The right to be let alone is indeed the beginning of all freedom (William O Douglas Quotes) We need to be bold and adventurous in our thinking in order to survive (William O Douglas Quotes) The right to be let alone is indeed the beginning of all freedoms (William O Douglas Quotes) Common sense often makes good law (William O Douglas Quotes) The right to revolt has sources deep in our history (William O Douglas Quotes) Common sense often makes a good law (William O Douglas Quotes) My faith is that the only soul a man must save is his own (William O Douglas Quotes) Sunlight is the best disinfectant (William O Douglas Quotes) I would rather create a precedent than find one (William O Douglas Quotes) Fear of ideas makes us impotent and ineffective (William O Douglas Quotes) The use of violence as an instrument of persuasion is therefore inviting and seems to the discontented to be the only effective protest (William O Douglas Quotes) We are rapidly entering the age of no privacy, where everyone is open to surveillance at all times; where there are no secrets from government (William O Douglas Quotes) 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 (William O Douglas Quotes) 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 Quotes) The right to dissent is the only thing that makes life tolerable for a judge of an appellate court... the affairs of government could not be conducted by democratic standards without it (William O Douglas Quotes) The whole, though larger than any of its parts, does not necessarily obscure their separate identities (William O Douglas Quotes) The law is not a series of calculating machines where answers come tumbling out when the right levers are pushed (William O Douglas Quotes) Absolute discretion is a ruthless master. It is more destructive of freedom than any of man’s other inventions (William O Douglas Quotes) There have always been grievances and youth has always been the agitator (William O Douglas Quotes) Religious experiences which are as real as life to some may be incomprehensible to others (William O Douglas Quotes) Literature should not be suppressed merely because it offends the moral code of the censor (William O Douglas Quotes) The liberties of none are safe unless the liberties of all are protected (William O Douglas Quotes) I hope to be remembered as someone who made the earth a little more beautiful (William O Douglas Quotes) Marriage is a coming together for better or for worse, hopefully enduring, and intimate to the degree of being sacred (William O Douglas Quotes) The way to combat noxious ideas is with other ideas. The way to combat falsehoods is with truth (William O Douglas Quotes) Acceptance by government of a dissident press is a measure of the maturity of a nation (William O Douglas Quotes) 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 Quotes) The rules when the giants play are the same as when the pygmies enter the market (William O Douglas Quotes)

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