A door that won’t close in a city toilet shows how tiny comforts feel like essential freedoms. The quotes also talk about people speaking out, even when it upsets powerful voices, and about the right to think without worrying what others think. They remind us that laws and soldiers can protect those freedoms, but the mind itself also needs space to wander.
![“If confirmed, [Judge of the Supreme Court] will write the words that will either broaden or narrow our rights for the rest of your working life. You will be interpreting the Constitution in which we as a people place our faith and on which our freedoms as a nation rest. And on a daily basis, the…” quote by Herb Kohl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f8f/herb-kohl-25520_bases_if-confirmed-judge-of-the-supreme-court_2413607.jpg)
