“I do not envy those whose introduction to nature was lush meadows, lakes, and swamps where life abounds. The desert hills of… — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
The interests of the corporation state are to convert all the riches of the earth into dollars. — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
I've often thought that if planners were botanists, zoologists, geologists, and people who know about the earth, we would have much more… — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
Only when there is a wilderness can man harmonize his inner being with the wavelengths of the earth. When the earth, its… — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
The Arctic has a call that is compelling. The distant mountains [of the Brooks Range in Alaska] make one want to go… — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
“The framers of the constitution knew human nature as well as we do. They too had lived in dangerous days; they too… — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
Hiking a ridge, a meadow, or a river bottom, is as healthy a form of exercise as one can get. Hiking seems… — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
The framers of the constitution knew human nature as well as we do. They too had lived in dangerous days; they too… — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
To be whole and harmonious, man must also know the music of the beaches and the woods. He must find the thing… — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
Discovery is adventure. There is an eagerness, touched at times with tenseness, as man moves ahead into the unknown. Walking the wilderness… — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
I hope to be remembered as someone who made the earth a little more beautiful. — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
When man ventures into the wilderness, climbs the ridges, and sleeps in the forest, he comes in close communion with his Creator.… — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
The thrill of tramping alone and unafraid through a wilderness of lakes, creeks, alpine meadows, and glaciers is not known to many.… — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
The First Amendment makes confidence in the common sense of our people and in the maturity of their judgement the great postulate of our… — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
Inanimate objects are sometimes parties to litigation. A ship has a legal personality, a fiction found useful for maritime purposes. The corporation sole -… — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
Any test that turns on what is offensive to the community's standards is too loose, too capricious, too destructive of freedom of expression to… — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
I've often thought that if planners were botanists, zoologists, geologists, and people who know about the earth, we would have much more wisdom in… — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
I have the same confidence in the ability of our people to reject noxious literature as I have in their capacity to sort out… — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
The liberties of none are safe unless the liberties of all are protected. — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
A function of free speech under our system of government is to invite dispute. It may indeed best serve its high purpose when it… — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
At the constitutional level where we work, 90 percent of any decision is emotional. The rational part of us supplies the reasons for supporting… — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
To be whole and harmonious, man must also know the music of the beaches and the woods. He must find the thing of which… — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
We deal with a right of privacy older than the Bill of Rights-older than our political parties, older than our school system. — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
![“The Arctic has a call that is compelling. The distant mountains [of the Brooks Range in Alaska] make one want to go on and on over the next ridge and over the one beyond. The call is that of a wilderness known only to a few...This last American wilderness must remain sacrosanct.” quote by William O. Douglas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/60f/william-o-douglas-2931_alaska_the-arctic-has-a-call-that-is-compelling_2192460.jpg)
