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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

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

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

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

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

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The critical point is that the Constitution places the right of silence beyond the reach of government.

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

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The 5th Amendment is an old friend and a good friend. one of the great landmarks in men's struggle to be free of tyranny, to be decent and civilized.

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No patent medicine was ever put to wider and more varied use than the Fourteenth Amendment.

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The right to revolt has sources deep in our history.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Judge

Born: October 16th, 1898

Died: January 19th, 1980

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