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

William O. Douglas · Loneliness

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William O. Douglas

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

Government

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.

Politics

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.

History

William O. Douglas

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

Wisdom