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One Quotes by William O. Douglas
- Among the liberties of citizens that are guaranteed are ... the right to believe what one chooses, the right to differ from his neighbor, the…
- 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…
- 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…
- One who comes to the Court must come to adore, not to protest. That's the new gloss on the 1st Amendment.
- I would rather create a precedent than find one.
- The one governmental agency that has no ambition.
- Any test that turns on what is offensive to the communitys standards is too loose, too capricious, too destructive of freedom of expression to be…
- Hiking a ridge, a meadow, or a river bottom, is as healthy a form of exercise as one can get. Hiking seems to put 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…
- 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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