William Douglas
William Douglas
Served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1939 to 1975.
ProfessionSupreme Court Justice
Date of Birth16 October 1898
CityMaine, MN
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After an American has been in a totalitarian country for several months, he is greatly relieved when he reaches home. He feels that bonds have been released and that he is free. He can speak above a whisper, and he walks relaxed and unguarded as though he were no longer being followed. After a recent trip I said to a neighbor, "It's wonderful to be back in a nation where even a riot may be tolerated.
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Government should be concerned with anti-social conduct, not with utterances.
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I can see you've done a lot of work, but you are off base here. If and when you get appointed to the Supreme Court you can write opinions as you choose.
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The dissent we witness is a reaffirmation of faith in man; it is protest against living under rules and prejudices and attitudes that produce the extremes of wealth and poverty and that make us dedicated to the destruction of people through arms, bombs, and gases, and that prepare us to think alike and be submissive objects for the regime of the computer.
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The dissenting opinion has continued since 1792 as a great American tradition. It is as true to the character of our democracy as of speech itself.