Ethics is knowing the difference between what you have a right to do and what is right to do.

Quote by Potter Stewart

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In fact, a fundamental interdependence exists between the personal right to liberty and the personal...

In fact, a fundamental interdependence exists between the personal right to liberty and the personal...

Abortion is inherently different from other medical procedures because no other procedure involves the purposeful...

Abortion is inherently different from other medical procedures because no other procedure involves the purposeful...

A person's mere propinquity to others independently suspected of criminal activity does not give rise...

A person's mere propinquity to others independently suspected of criminal activity does not give rise...

To force a lawyer on a defendant can only lead him to believe that the...

To force a lawyer on a defendant can only lead him to believe that the...

Newspapers, television networks, and magazines have sometimes been outrageously abusive, untruthful, arrogant, and hypocritical. But...

Newspapers, television networks, and magazines have sometimes been outrageously abusive, untruthful, arrogant, and hypocritical. But...

Fairness is what justice really is.

Fairness is what justice really is.

The 4th Amendment and the personal rights it secures have a long history. At the...

The 4th Amendment and the personal rights it secures have a long history. At the...

Censorship reflects a society's lack of confidence in itself.

Censorship reflects a society's lack of confidence in itself.

There is a higher law than the law of government. That's the law of conscience.

There is a higher law than the law of government. That's the law of conscience.

Abortion is inherently different from other medical procedures because no other procedure involves the purposeful...

Abortion is inherently different from other medical procedures because no other procedure involves the purposeful...

Ethics is knowing the difference between what you have a right to do and what...

Ethics is knowing the difference between what you have a right to do and what...

Censorship reflects a society's lack of confidence in itself. It is a hallmark of an...

Censorship reflects a society's lack of confidence in itself. It is a hallmark of an...

Newspapers, television networks, and magazines have sometimes been outrageously abusive, untruthful, arrogant, and hypocritical. But...

Newspapers, television networks, and magazines have sometimes been outrageously abusive, untruthful, arrogant, and hypocritical. But...

It must always be remembered that what the Constitution forbids is not all searches and...

It must always be remembered that what the Constitution forbids is not all searches and...

Newspapers, television networks, and magazines have sometimes been outrageously abusive, untruthful, arrogant, and hypocritical. But...

Newspapers, television networks, and magazines have sometimes been outrageously abusive, untruthful, arrogant, and hypocritical. But...

I shall not today attempt further to define the kinds of material but I know...

I shall not today attempt further to define the kinds of material but I know...

The 4th Amendment and the personal rights it secures have a long history. At the...

The 4th Amendment and the personal rights it secures have a long history. At the...

A man is ethical only when life, as such, is sacred to him, that of...

A man is ethical only when life, as such, is sacred to him, that of...

The only tyrant I accept in this world is the 'still small voice' within

The only tyrant I accept in this world is the 'still small voice' within

Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.

Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.