I learned that the richness of life is found in adventure. . . . It develops self-reliance and independence. Life then teems with excitement. There is stagnation only in security.
William O. DouglasThere is no superior person by constitutional standards. An applicant who is white is entitled to no advantage by reason of that fact, nor is he subject to any disability, no matter what his race or color. Whatever his race, an applicant has a constitutional right to have his application considered on its individual merits.
William O. DouglasHiking a ridge, a meadow, a river bottom, is as healthy a form of exercise as one can get.
William O. DouglasRacial discrimination against a white is as unconstitutional as race discrimination against a black.
William O. Douglas