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

Quote by William Orville Douglas

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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...

Common sense often makes good law.

Common sense often makes good law.

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....

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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

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

If the government is in jeopardy, it is not because we are unable to cope...

If the government is in jeopardy, it is not because we are unable to cope...

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...

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 privacy and dignity of our citizens [are] being whittled away by sometimes imperceptible steps....

The privacy and dignity of our citizens [are] being whittled away by sometimes imperceptible steps....

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...

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...

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.

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

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

Anyone who knows history, particularly the history of Europe, will, I think, recognize that the...

Anyone who knows history, particularly the history of Europe, will, I think, recognize that the...

How can I be expected to believe that this same racial discrimination which has been...

How can I be expected to believe that this same racial discrimination which has been...