The framers of the constitution knew human nature as well as we do. They too had lived in dangerous days; they too knew the suffocating influence of orthodoxy and standardized thought. They weighed the compulsions for restrained speech and thought against the abuses of liberty. They chose liberty.


Douglas of the Supreme Court: a selection of his opinions (ed. Greenwood Pub Group, 1973)

William O. Douglas Quotes

The framers of the constitution knew human nature as well as we do. They too had lived in dangerous days; they too knew the suffocating influence of...

The framers of the constitution knew human nature as well as we do. They too had lived in dangerous days; they too knew the suffocating influence of...

The framers of the constitution knew human nature as well as we do. They too had lived in dangerous days; they too knew the suffocating influence of...

The framers of the constitution knew human nature as well as we do. They too had lived in dangerous days; they too knew the suffocating influence of...