Power Quotes by William O. Douglas

8 Power quotes by William O. Douglas

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William O. Douglas’s eight brief reflections on Power reveal his steadfast belief in civil liberties and the judiciary’s role in checking governmental power.

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The great and invigorating influences in American life have been the unorthodox: the people who challenge an existing institution or way of…

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The Court's great power is its ability to educate, to provide moral leadership.

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Those in power need checks and restraints lest they come to identify the common good for their own tastes and desires, and…

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The struggle is always between the individual and his sacred right to express himself and... the power structure that seeks conformity, suppression…

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Political controls in the sense that we think of bureaus or departments of government can never ope to produce collaboration between groups…

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Power that controls the economy should be in the hands of elected representatives of the people, not in the hands of an…

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We recognize the force of the argument that the effects of war under modern conditions may be felt in the economy for…

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Power that controls the economy should be in the hands of elected representatives of the people instead of an industrial oligarchy

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Common sense often makes good law.

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