The most important office, and the one which all of us can and should fill, is that of private citizen.

The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in the insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well meaning but without understanding.

Subtler and more far-reaching means of invading privacy have become available to the government. Discovery and invention have made it possible for the government, by means far more effective than stretching upon the rack, to obtain disclosure in court of what is whispered in the closet.

... fear breeds repression; that repression breeds hate; that hate menaces stable government; that the path of safety lies in the opportunity to discuss freely supposed grievances and proposed remedies; and that the fitting remedy for evil counsels is good ones.

It is one of the happy incidents of the federal system that a single courageous State may, if its citizens choose, serve as a laboratory; and try novel social and economic experiments without risk to the rest of the country.

Fear of serious injury cannot alone justify suppression of free speech and assembly.

The most important office, and the one which all of us can and should fill, is that of private citizen.