KeenBrain
KeenBrain
KeenBrain

William J. Brennan, Jr. Quotes


Share this page on

Quotes by William J. Brennan, Jr.

Showing 11-17 of 17 Quotes by William J. Brennan, Jr.

Sex, a great and mysterious motive force in human life, has indisputably been a subject of absorbing interest to mankind through the ages.

~William J. Brennan, Jr.

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Appellant constituted a legitimate class of one, and this provides a basis for Congress's decision to proceed with dispatch with respect to his materials.

~William J. Brennan, Jr.

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Use of a mentally ill person's involuntary confession is antithetical to the notion of fundamental fairness embodied in the due process clause.

~William J. Brennan, Jr.

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


We current justices read the Constitution in the only way that we can: as 20th-century Americans.

~William J. Brennan, Jr.

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


If the right to privacy means anything, it is the right of the individual, married or single, to be free from unwarranted governmental intrusion.

~William J. Brennan, Jr.

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


The principle inherent in the clause that prohibits pointless infliction of excessive punishment when less severe punishment can adequately achieve the same purposes invalidates the punishment.

~William J. Brennan, Jr.

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


The quest for freedom, dignity, and the rights of man will never end.

~William J. Brennan, Jr.

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Judge

Born: April 25th, 1906

Died: July 24th, 1997

Links

Find William J. Brennan, Jr. on Amazon

Related Authors

Louis D. Brandeis
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Thurgood Marshall
Sandra Day O'Connor
Antonin Scalia
Sonia Sotomayor
Clarence Thomas

Popular Authors

Dave Barry Warren Buffett Noel Coward Anne Frank Robert E. Lee Marilyn Monroe Will Smith Kanye West

Change your beliefs...change your life.

Get a related quote or insight every day.

(it's 100% free)

Follow Us On

Today's Birthdays

1990 - Bo Burnham

1567 - Saint Francis De Sales

1798 - Jules Michelet

1843 - William Pepper

1872 - Aubrey Beardsley

1904 - Count Basie

1917 - Leonid Hurwicz

1923 - Shimon Peres

1924 - Jack Buck

1927 - Thomas S. Monson

Birthdays on August 21st
All Birthdays

Popular Topics

Anger Attitude Dad Fear Government Independence Nature Science