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We who have the final word can speak softly or angrily. We can seek to challenge and annoy, as we need not stay docile and quiet.

We who have the final word can speak softly or angrily. We can seek to challenge and annoy, as we need not stay docile and quiet.

William O. Douglas
Annoyed, Challenges, Finals
"Colten v. Kentucky, 407 U.S. 104". U.S. Supreme Court case, supreme.justia.com. June 12, 1972.

I realized that Eastern thought had somewhat more compassion for all living things. Man was a form of life that in another reincarnation might possibly be a horsefly or a bird of paradise or a deer. So a man of such a faith, looking at animals, might be looking at old friends or ancestors. In the East the wilderness has no evil connotation; it is thought of as an expression of the unity and harmony of the universe.

William O. Douglas
Animal, Men, Compassion

A reporter is no better than his source of information.

William O. Douglas
Information, Source, Reporters

The right to work, I had assumed, was the most precious liberty that man possesses. Man has indeed as much right to work as he has to live, to be free, to own property.

William O. Douglas
Wisdom, Men, Liberty

The rules when the giants play are the same as when the pygmies enter the market.

William O. Douglas
Play, Giants
"Scherk v. Alberto-Culver Co., 417 U.S. 506". U.S. Supreme Court case, supreme.justia.com. June 17, 1974.

Political controls in the sense that we think of bureaus or departments of government can never ope to produce collaboration between groups in the inner wheels of our industrial organization. It must come from inner compulsions and desires.

William O. Douglas
Thinking, Government, Organization

The association promotes a way of life, not causes; a harmony in living, not political faiths; a bilateral loyalty, not commercial or social projects. Yet it is an association for as noble a purpose as any involved in any prior decisions.

William O. Douglas
Loyalty, Decision, Political
Griswold v. Connecticut (1965)

The use of violence as an instrument of persuasion is therefore inviting and seems to the discontented to be the only effective protest.

William O. Douglas
Use, Violence, Persuasion
WILLIAM O. DOUGLAS (1970). “POINTS OF REBELLION”

Marriage is a coming together for better or for worse, hopefully enduring, and intimate to the degree of being sacred.

William O. Douglas
Anniversary, Together, Degrees
Griswold v. Connecticut (1965)

Men may believe what they cannot prove. They may not be put to the proof of their religious doctrines or beliefs. Religious experiences which are as real as life to some may be incomprehensible to others.

William O. Douglas
Religious, Real, Believe
"United States v. Ballard, 322 U.S. 78". U.S. Supreme Court case, supreme.justia.com. April 24, 1944.

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