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.

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

Old age and sickness bring out the essential characteristics of a man.

To some lawyers, all facts are created equal.

We have enjoyed so much freedom for so long that we are perhaps in danger of forgetting how much blood it cost to establish the Bill of Rights.

Democracy is always a beckoning goal, not a safe harbor. For freedom is an unremitting endeavor, never a final achievement.

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