Quotes by William O. Douglas

“The right to be let alone is indeed the beginning of all freedoms.”

“Marriage is a coming together for better or for worse, hopefully enduring, and intimate to the degree of being sacred.”

“The Constitution is not neutral. It was designed to take the government off the backs of people.”

“One who comes to the Court must come to adore, not to protest. That's the new gloss on the 1st Amendment.”

“Tell the FBI that the kidnappers should pick out a judge that Nixon wants back.”

“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.”

“We do not sit as a superlegislature to weigh the wisdom of legislation.”

Click here to go back to main page.

Learn more about William O. Douglas.