As nightfall does not come at once, neither does oppression. In both instances, there is a twilight when everything remains seemingly unchanged, and it is in such a twilight that we all must be most aware of change in the air - however slight - lest we become unwitting victims of darkness.
More Quotes by William O. Douglas
The right to be let alone is indeed the beginning of all freedoms.
The Constitution is not neutral. It was designed to take the government off the backs of people.
Common sense often makes good law.
Marriage is a coming together for better or for worse, hopefully enduring, and intimate to the degree of being sacred.
The 5th Amendment is an old friend and a good friend. one of the great landmarks in men's struggle to be free of tyranny, to be decent and civilized.
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.