All William O. Douglas Quotes
- Realization of this need means adults must awaken to the urgency of the young people's unrest-in other words there must be created an adult unrest… Adult
- There have always been grievances and youth has always been the agitator. Agitation
- The court is really the keeper of the conscience, and the conscience is the Constitution. Conscience
- Man is whole when he is in tune with the winds, the stars, and the hills... Being in tune with the universe is the entire… Entire
- The conscience of this nation is the Constitution. Conscience
- 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… Applaud
- Since when have we Americans been expected to bow submissively to authority and speak with awe and reverence to those who represent us? American
- Marriage is a coming together for better or for worse, hopefully enduring, and intimate to the degree of being sacred. Anniversary
- The liberties of none are safe unless the liberties of all are protected. All
- The Constitution is not neutral. It was designed to take the government off the backs of people. America
- The right to be let alone is indeed the beginning of all freedoms. All
- The 5th Amendment is an old friend and a good friend. one of the great landmarks in men's struggle to be free of tyranny, to… Amendment
- The right to revolt has sources deep in our history. Anti War
- The association promotes a way of life, not causes; a harmony in living, not political faiths; a bilateral loyalty, not commercial or social projects. Yet… Any
- Political controls in the sense that we think of bureaus or departments of government can never ope to produce collaboration between groups in the inner… Bureaus
- 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… Checks
- The privacy and dignity of our citizens [are] being whittled away by sometimes imperceptible steps. Taken individually, each step may be of little consequence. But… Any
- Security can only be achieved through constant change, through discarding old ideas that have outlived their usefulness and adapting others to current facts. Achieved
- A people who extend civil liberties only to preferred groups start down the path either to dictatorship of the right or the left. Civil
- Restriction of free thought and free speech is the most dangerous of all subversions. It is the one un-American act that could most easily defeat… Act
- Religious experiences which are as real as life to some may be incomprehensible to others. Experiences
- Common sense often makes good law. Common
- We are a religious people whose institutions presuppose a Supreme Being. Institutions
- The critical point is that the Constitution places the right of silence beyond the reach of government. Beyond