I shall not attempt further to define the kinds of material I understand to be embraced within that shorthand description (of pornography), and perhaps I could never succeed in intelligibly doing so. But I know it when I see it, and the motion picture involved in this case is not that.
Potter StewartTo force a lawyer on a defendant can only lead him to believe that the law contrives against him.
Potter StewartI shall not today attempt further to define the kinds of material but I know it when I see it.
Potter StewartThe dichotomy between personal liberties and property rights is a false one. Property does not have rights. People have rights.
Potter StewartFor me this is not something that can be swept under the rug and forgotten in the interest of forced Sunday togetherness.
Potter Stewart