The privacy and dignity of our citizens is being whittled away by sometimes imperceptible steps. Taken individually, each step may be of little consequence. But when viewed as a whole, there begins to emerge a society quite unlike any we have seen - a society in which government may intrude into the secret regions of a life.
William O. DouglasMarriage is a coming together for better or for worse, hopefully enduring, and intimate to the degree of being sacred.
William O. DouglasI have the same confidence in the ability of our people to reject noxious literature as I have in their capacity to sort out the true from the false in theology, economics, or any other field.
William O. DouglasThe way to combat noxious ideas is with other ideas. The way to combat falsehoods is with truth.
William O. Douglas