--- title: "4 Erwin Griswold Quotes - Famous Lawyer (The community of legal scholarship)" description: "Erwin Nathaniel Griswold was an American appellate attorney and legal scholar who argued many cases before the U.S. Supreme Court." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b009/author-erwin-griswold-33930.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Erwin Griswold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b009/author-erwin-griswold-33930.jpg) # Erwin Griswold (1904–1994) Lawyer **4** quotes in **41** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Erwin Griswold was a lawyer, best known for *The community of legal scholarship*. ## Quick Facts About Erwin Griswold Born July 14, 1904 Died November 19, 1994 Profession Lawyer Notable works The community of legal scholarship ## About Erwin Griswold Erwin Nathaniel Griswold was an American appellate attorney and legal scholar who argued many cases before the U.S. Supreme Court. Griswold served as Solicitor General of the United States (1967–1973) under Presidents Lyndon B. Johnson and Richard M. Nixon. He also served as the dean of Harvard Law School for 21 years. Several times he was considered for appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court. During a career that spanned more than six decades, he served as member of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights and as president of the American Bar Foundation. ## Quotes by Erwin Griswold > [The right to be let alone is the underlying principle of the Constitution's Bill of Rights.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erwin-griswold/the-right-to-be-let-alone-is-the-underlying-principle-of-the/) [Erwin Griswold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erwin-griswold/) [Bill of rights](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bill-of-rights/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/85c/erwin-griswold-72369_bill-of-rights_the-right-to-be-let-alone-is-the-underly_600978.jpg) > [The privilege against self-incrimination is one of the great landmarks in man's struggle to make himself civilized... The Fifth is a lone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erwin-griswold/the-privilege-against-self-incrimination-is-one-of-the-great/) [Erwin Griswold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erwin-griswold/) [Civilized](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/civilized/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a2d/erwin-griswold-72369_civilized_the-privilege-against-self-incrimination_1307283.jpg) > [Indeed, that the Second Amendment poses no barrier to strong gun laws is perhaps the most well-settled proposition in American constitutional law.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erwin-griswold/indeed-that-the-second-amendment-poses-no-barrier-to-strong-gun-laws/) [Erwin Griswold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erwin-griswold/) [Amendment](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/amendment/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/183/erwin-griswold-72369_amendments_indeed-that-the-second-amendment-poses-n_1663645.jpg) > [We have long had death and taxes as the two standards of inevitability. But there are those who believe that death is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erwin-griswold/we-have-long-had-death-and-taxes-as-the-two-standards-of/) [Erwin Griswold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erwin-griswold/) [Believe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/believe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e7/erwin-griswold-72369_believe_we-have-long-had-death-and-taxes-as-the_2459421.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erwin-griswold/#itemlist", "name": "Erwin Griswold Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The right to be let alone is the underlying principle of the Constitution's Bill of Rights.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Erwin Griswold" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erwin-griswold/the-right-to-be-let-alone-is-the-underlying-principle-of-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/85c/erwin-griswold-72369_bill-of-rights_the-right-to-be-let-alone-is-the-underly_600978.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/85c/erwin-griswold-72369_bill-of-rights_the-right-to-be-let-alone-is-the-underly_600978.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/85c/erwin-griswold-72369_bill-of-rights_the-right-to-be-let-alone-is-the-underly_600978.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The right to be let alone is the underlying principle of the Constitution's Bill of Rights.” — Erwin Griswold", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The privilege against self-incrimination is one of the great landmarks in man's struggle to make himself civilized... 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