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Letter "W" » William Orville Douglas Quotes
«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.»
«Free speech is not to be regulated like diseased cattle and impure butter. The audience that hissed yesterday may applaud today, even for the same performance.»
Author: William Orville Douglas
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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.»
Author: William Orville Douglas
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As of, continued, dissenting, dissenting opinion, true to
«The critical point is that the Constitution places the right of silence beyond the reach of government.»
«Why cannot we work at cooperative schemes and search for the common ground binding all mankind together?»
«Acceptance by government of a dissident press is a measure of the maturity of a nation.»
«Ignorance and illiteracy are obviously not synonymous; even illiterate masses can cast their ballots with intelligence, once they are informed.»
Author: William Orville Douglas
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ballots, illiteracy, illiterate, informed, obviously, synonymous
«The right to revolt has sources deep in our history.»
«Government should be concerned with anti-social conduct, not with utterances.»
Author: William Orville Douglas
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utterances
«The Free Exercise Clause protects the individual from any coercive measure that encourages him toward one faith or creed, discourages him from another, or makes it prudent or desirable for him to select one and embrace it.»
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