Common sense often makes good law.

Quote by William Orville Douglas

Topics: Constitution Quotes

I learned that the richness of life is found in adventure. . . . It...

I learned that the richness of life is found in adventure. . . . It...

The Constitution is not neutral. It was designed to take the government off the backs...

The Constitution is not neutral. It was designed to take the government off the backs...

Ignorance and illiteracy are obviously not synonymous; even illiterate masses can cast their ballots with...

Ignorance and illiteracy are obviously not synonymous; even illiterate masses can cast their ballots with...

We do not sit as a superlegislature to weigh the wisdom of legislation.

We do not sit as a superlegislature to weigh the wisdom of legislation.

The critical point is that the Constitution places the right of silence beyond the reach...

The critical point is that the Constitution places the right of silence beyond the reach...

The critical point is that the Constitution places the right of silence beyond the reach...

The critical point is that the Constitution places the right of silence beyond the reach...

We are rapidly entering the age of no privacy, where everyone is open to surveillance...

We are rapidly entering the age of no privacy, where everyone is open to surveillance...

Marriage is a coming together for better or for worse, hopefully enduring, and intimate to...

Marriage is a coming together for better or for worse, hopefully enduring, and intimate to...

Violence has no constitutional sanction; and every government from the beginning has moved against it....

Violence has no constitutional sanction; and every government from the beginning has moved against it....

Free speech is not to be regulated like diseased cattle and impure butter. The audience...

Free speech is not to be regulated like diseased cattle and impure butter. The audience...

The dominant purpose of the First Amendment was to prohibit the widespread practice of government...

The dominant purpose of the First Amendment was to prohibit the widespread practice of government...

Acceptance by government of a dissident press is a measure of the maturity of a...

Acceptance by government of a dissident press is a measure of the maturity of a...

Tell the FBI that the kidnappers should pick out a judge that Nixon wants back.

Tell the FBI that the kidnappers should pick out a judge that Nixon wants back.

The search of the young today is more specific than the ancient search for the...

The search of the young today is more specific than the ancient search for the...

Government should be concerned with anti-social conduct, not with utterances.

Government should be concerned with anti-social conduct, not with utterances.

Honorable retreats are no ways inferior to brave charges, as having less fortune, more of...

Honorable retreats are no ways inferior to brave charges, as having less fortune, more of...

Tell the FBI that the kidnappers should pick out a judge that Nixon wants back.

Tell the FBI that the kidnappers should pick out a judge that Nixon wants back.

There is no wisdom below the girdle

There is no wisdom below the girdle

The Founding Fathers in their wisdom decided that children were an unnatural strain on parents....

The Founding Fathers in their wisdom decided that children were an unnatural strain on parents....

Good people are good because they've come to wisdom through failure. We get very little...

Good people are good because they've come to wisdom through failure. We get very little...