William O. Douglas Quotes - Page 6

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• Literature should not be suppressed merely because it offends the moral code of the censor.

  William O. Douglas

  Literature, Moral, Censorship

  "Roth v. United States, 354 U.S. 476". U.S. Supreme Court case, supreme.justia.com. June 24, 1957.

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• Political controls in the sense that we think of bureaus or departments of government can never ope to produce collaboration between groups in the inner wheels of our industrial organization. It must come from inner compulsions and desires.

  William O. Douglas

  Thinking, Government, Organization

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• Freedom of movement is the very essence of our free society -- once the right to travel is curtailed, all other rights suffer.

  William O. Douglas

  Rights, Government, Essence

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• Men may believe what they cannot prove. They may not be put to the proof of their religious doctrines or beliefs. Religious experiences which are as real as life to some may be incomprehensible to others.

  William O. Douglas

  Religious, Real, Believe

  "United States v. Ballard, 322 U.S. 78". U.S. Supreme Court case, supreme.justia.com. April 24, 1944.

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• A reporter is no better than his source of information.

  William O. Douglas

  Information, Source, Reporters

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• The First Amendment...does not say that in every respect there shall be a separation of Church and State....Otherwise the state and religion would be aliens to each other - hostile, suspicious, and even unfriendly....The state may not establish a 'religion of secularism' in the sense of affirmatively opposing or showing hostility to religion, thus preferring those who believe in no religion over those who do believe.

  William O. Douglas

  Believe, Church, Doe

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• The Framers [of the Constitution] . . . created the federally protected right of silence and decreed that the law could not be used to pry open one's lips and make him a witness against himself.

  William O. Douglas

  Law, Silence, Lips

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• It seemed to me that I had barely reached the Court when people were trying to get me off.

  William O. Douglas

  People, Trying, Court

  "The Court years, 1939-1975: The Autobiography of William O. Douglas‎". Book by William O. Douglas, 1980.

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• The association promotes a way of life, not causes; a harmony in living, not political faiths; a bilateral loyalty, not commercial or social projects. Yet it is an association for as noble a purpose as any involved in any prior decisions.

  William O. Douglas

  Loyalty, Decision, Political

  Griswold v. Connecticut (1965)

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

  William O. Douglas

  Anniversary, Together, Degrees

  Griswold v. Connecticut (1965)

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