The ultimate touchstone of constitutionality is the Constitution itself, and not what we have said about it.

It would be a stultification of the responsibility which the course of constitutional history has cast upon this Court to hold that in order to convict a man the police cannot extract by force what is in his mind, but can extract what is in his stomach.

To some lawyers, all facts are created equal.

Judicial judgment must take deep account...of the day before yesterday in order that yesterday may not paralyze today.

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.

Ultimately there can be no freedom for self unless it is vouchsafed for others; there can be no security where there is fear, and a democratic society presupposes confidence and candor in the relations of men with one another and eager collaboration for the larger ends of life instead of the pursuit of petty, selfish or vainglorious aims.

The real rulers in Washington are invisible, and exercise power from behind the scenes.