William O. Douglas's Quotes

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

We are a religious people whose institutions presuppose a Supreme Being.

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

Common sense often makes good law.

William O. Douglas

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