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William O. Douglas Quotes


An Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court.
William Orville Douglas (October 16, 1898 – January 19, 1980) was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. With a TERM lasting 36 years and 209 days, he is the longest-serving justice in the history of the Supreme Court. In 1975, a Time article called Douglas "the most doctrinaire and committed civil libertarian ever to sit on the court." He was replaced on the Court by John Paul Stevens, and the combination of the tenure of the two justices on the Court stretched 71 years, a seat held longer by two justices than any other.

Here are some famous quotes by William O. Douglas.

Tell the FBI that the kidnappers should pick out a judge that Nixon wants back.

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One who comes to the Court must come to adore not to protest. That's the new gloss on the 1st Amendment.

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Security can only be achieved through constant change through discarding old ideas that have outlived their usefulness and adapting others to current facts.

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Free speech is not to be regulated like diseased cattle and impure butter. The audience that hissed yesterday may applaud today even for the same performance.