William O. Douglas
William O. Douglas
William Orville Douglaswas an American jurist and politician who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Nominated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Douglas was confirmed at the age of 40, one of the youngest justices appointed to the court. His term, lasting 36 years and 209 days, is the longest term in the history of the Supreme Court...
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religious real may
Religious experiences which are as real as life to some may be incomprehensible to others.
people liberty groups
A people who extend civil liberties only to preferred groups start down the path either to dictatorship of the right or the left.
thinking government organization
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.
loyalty decision political
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.
exercise rivers hiking
Hiking a ridge, a meadow, a river bottom, is as healthy a form of exercise as one can get.
anniversary together sacred
Marriage is a coming together for better or for worse, hopefully enduring, and intimate to the degree of being sacred.
mean technology men
We know by now that if we make technology the predestined force in our lives, man will walk to the measure of its demands. We know how leveling that influence can be, how easy it is to computerize man and make him a servile thing in a vast industrial complex. . . . This means we must subject the machine - technology - to control and cease despoiling the earth and filling people with goodies merely to make money.
men compassion animal
I realized that Eastern thought had somewhat more compassion for all living things. Man was a form of life that in another reincarnation might possibly be a horsefly or a bird of paradise or a deer. So a man of such a faith, looking at animals, might be looking at old friends or ancestors. In the East the wilderness has no evil connotation; it is thought of as an expression of the unity and harmony of the universe.
literature moral censorship
Literature should not be suppressed merely because it offends the moral code of the censor.
emotional decision levels
At the constitutional level where we work, 90 percent of any decision is emotional. The rational part of us supplies the reasons for supporting our predilections.
people trying court
It seemed to me that I had barely reached the Court when people were trying to get me off.
history court gloss
One who comes to the Court must come to adore, not to protest. That's the new gloss on the 1st Amendment.
spring sleep men
When man ventures into the wilderness, climbs the ridges, and sleeps in the forest, he comes in close communion with his Creator. When man pits himself against the mountain, he taps inner springs of his strength. He comes to know himself.
annoyed challenges needs
We who have the final word can speak softly or angrily. We can seek to challenge and annoy, as we need not stay docile and quiet.