“We do not sit as a superlegislature to weigh the wisdom of legislation.”
– William O. Douglas
“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 performance.”
– William O. Douglas
“Marriage is a coming together for better or for worse, hopefully enduring, and intimate to the degree of being sacred.”
– William O. Douglas
“One who comes to the Court must come to adore, not to protest. That’s the new gloss on the 1st Amendment.”
– William O. Douglas
“Tell the FBI that the kidnappers should pick out a judge that Nixon wants back.”
– William O. Douglas
“The Constitution is not neutral. It was designed to take the government off the backs of people.”
– William O. Douglas
“The right to be let alone is indeed the beginning of all freedoms.”
– William O. Douglas
“Marriage is a coming together for better or for worse, hopefully enduring, and intimate to the degree of being sacred.”
– William O. Douglas
“The right to be let alone is indeed the beginning of all freedoms.”
– William O. Douglas