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Free Quotes by William O. Douglas
- It is better, so the Fourth Amendment teaches us, that the guilty sometimes go free than the citizens be subject to easy arrest.
- The function of free speech under our system of government is to invite dispute. It may indeed best serve its high purpose when it invites…
- One aspect of modern life which has gone far to stifle men is the rapid growth of tremendous corporations. Enormous spiritual sacrifices are made in…
- Freedom of movement is the very essence of our free society -- once the right to travel is curtailed, all other rights suffer.
- Once the government can demand of a publisher the names of the purchasers of his publication, the free press as we know it disappears. Then…
- This freedom of movement is the very essence of our free society, setting us apart. Like the right of assembly and the right of association,…
- It is our attitude toward free thought and free expression that will determine our fate. There must be no limit on the range of temperate…
- Where suspicion fills the air and holds scholars in line for fear of their jobs, there can be no exercise of the free intellect. Supineness…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
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- I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry… — Pietro Aretino
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- The first time Haiti had free and fair democratic elections was 1990, when I was elected. — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- The law is reason, free from passion. — Aristotle
- Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects; because men are… — Aristotle
- In order to live free and happily you must sacrifice boredom. It is not always an easy sacrifice. — Richard Bach
- That said, the question remains: how to strike the balance between free speech and mutual respect in this mixed-up world, both blessed… — Timothy Garton Ash
- WikiLeaks is designed to make capitalism more free and ethical. — Julian Assange
- They have not always elected the best leaders, particularly after a long period in which they have not used this facility of… — Chinua Achebe
- He that is kind is free, though he is a slave; he that is evil is a slave, though he be a… — Saint Augustine