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I've often thought that if planners were botanists, zoologists, geologists, and people who know about the earth, we would have much more wisdom in such planning than we have when we leave it to the engineers.
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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Sunlight is the best disinfectant.
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The first opinion the Court ever filed has a dissenting opinion. Dissent is a tradition of this Court... When someone is writing for the Court, he hopes to get eight others to agree with him, so many of the majority opinions are rather stultified.
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Among the liberties of citizens that are guaranteed are ... the right to believe what one chooses, the right to differ from his neighbor, the right to pick and choose the political philosophy he likes best, the right to associate with whomever he chooses, the right to join groups he prefers.
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We deal with a right of privacy older than the Bill of Rights-older than our political parties, older than our school system.
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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.
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World federation is an ideal that will not die. More and more people are coming to realize that peace must be more than an interlude if we are to survive that peace is a produce of law and order that law is essential if the force of arms is not to rule the world.
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The Second Amendment reveals a profound principle of American government - the principle of civilian ascendency over the military.
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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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As night-fall does not come at once, neither does oppression...It is in such twilight that we all must be aware of change in the air - however slight - lest we become victims of the darkness.
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The court is really the keeper of the conscience, and the conscience is the Constitution.
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Religious experiences which are as real as life to some may be incomprehensible to others.
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Racial discrimination against a white is as unconstitutional as race discrimination against a black.
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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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The dominant purpose of the First Amendment was to prohibit the widespread practice of government suppression of embarrassing information.
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Security can only be achieved through constant change, through discarding old ideas that have outlived their usefulness and adapting others to current facts.
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No matter what the legislature may say, a man has the right to make his speech, print his handbill, compose his newspaper, and deliver his sermon without asking anyone's permission. The contrary suggestion is abhorrent to our traditions.
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