The First and Fourteenth Amendments say that Congress and the States shall make "no law" which abridges freedom of speech or of the press. In order to sanction a system of censorship I would have to say that "no law" does not mean what it says, that "no law" is qualified to mean "some" laws. I cannot take this step.
William O. DouglasFreedom of movement is the very essence of our free society -- once the right to travel is curtailed, all other rights suffer.
William O. DouglasThe day should come when all of the forms of life... will stand before the court - the pileated woodpecker as well as the coyote and bear, the lemmings as well as the trout in the streams.
William O. DouglasThe free state offers what a police state denies - the privacy of the home, the dignity and peace of mind of the individual.
William O. Douglas