Civilized Quote by William O. Douglas

The Fifth Amendment is an old friend and a good friend, one of the great landmarks in men's struggle to be free of tyranny,…

— William O. Douglas

If you insist on asking me why I feel the way I do, I plan to take the Fifth Amendment.

— Mason Cooley

We misread the Fifth Amendment [of Constitution] and have been misreading it for the past three decades.

— Joe Biden

The fifth freedom is freedom from ignorance.

— Lyndon B. Johnson

He has called for a repeal of the Fifth Amendment as it affects the right of private property.

— Dixie Lee Ray

The 4th Amendment and the personal rights it secures have a long history. At the very core stands the right of a man to…

— Potter Stewart

“The protection guaranteed by the Amendments is much broader in scope. The makers of our Constitution undertook to secure conditions favorable to the pursuit…

— Louis D. Brandeis

The takings clause of the Fifth Amendment is for conservatives what the equal protection clause of the 14th is for liberals.

— Michael Kinsley

When you have your staff taking the Fifth Amendment, taking the Fifth so they're not prosecuted, when you have the man that set up…

— Donald Trump

Our bill of rights has been shredded. The fourth amendment specifically prohibits the kind of activities the NSA is involved in domestically. The fifth…

— Ray McGovern

My brothers and sisters in arms fought so that our five fundamental freedoms, enshrined in the First Amendment, could never be undermined, not to…

— Brian Mast

“Other corporations have asserted Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination as well as asserted that the Fourteenth Amendment—passed after the Civil War to strip slavery…

— Thom Hartmann