Freedom of speech and of the press are essential to the enlightenment of a free people and in restraining those who wield power.

Answers are not obtained by putting the wrong question and thereby begging the real one.

We recognize that stare decisis embodies an important social policy that represents an element of continuity in law and is rooted in the psychological need to satisfy reasonable expectations.

Congress is, after all, not a body of laymen unfamiliar with the commonplaces of our law. This legislation was the formulation of the two Judiciary Committees, all of whom are lawyers, and the Congress is predominately a lawyers' body.

The most constructive way of resolving conflicts is to avoid them.

Anybody can decide a question if only a single principle is in controversy.

To some lawyers, all facts are created equal.