The dominant purpose of the First Amendment was to prohibit the widespread practice of government suppression of embarrassing information.
William O. DouglasOne who comes to the Court must come to adore, not to protest. That's the new gloss on the First Amendment.
William O. DouglasViolence has no constitutional sanction; and every government from the beginning has moved against it. But where grievances pile high and most of the elected spokesmen represent the Establishment, violence may be the only effective response.
William O. DouglasTo be whole and harmonious, man must also know the music of the beaches and the woods. He must find the thing of which he is only an infinitesimal part and nurture it and love it, if he is to live.
William O. Douglas