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Marriage is a coming together for better or for worse, hopefully enduring, and intimate to the degree of being sacred.
William O. Douglas
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William O. Douglas
Age: 81 †
Born: 1898
Born: October 16
Died: 1980
Died: January 19
Former Associate Justice Of The Supreme Court Of The United States
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William Orville Douglas
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Ideas are indeed the most dangerous weapons in the world. Our ideas of freedom are the most powerful political weapons man has ever forged.
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The free state offers what a police state denies - the privacy of the home, the dignity and peace of mind of the individual.
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Freedom of movement is the very essence of our free society -- once the right to travel is curtailed, all other rights suffer.
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When a man knows how to live amid danger, he is not afraid to die. When he is not afraid to die, he is, strangely, free to live.
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The right to be let alone is indeed the beginning of all freedom.
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Since when have we Americans been expected to bow submissively to authority and speak with awe and reverence to those who represent us?
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One who comes to the Court must come to adore, not to protest. That's the new gloss on the First Amendment.
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We need be bold and adventuresome in our thinking in order to survive.
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