William O. Douglas Quotes

• La restricción de la libertad de pensamiento y de expresión es la más peligrosa de todas las subversiones. Es el acto antiamericano que más fácilmente podría derrotarnos.

  William O. Douglas

  Teaching, Rights In America, Political Revolution

  "The One Un-American Act". William O. Douglas' speech to the Author's Guild Council in New York on receiving the 1951 Lauterbach Award, December 3, 1952.

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• As night-fall does not come at once, neither does oppression...It is in such twilight that we all must be aware of change in the air - however slight - lest we become victims of the darkness.

  William O. Douglas

  Fall, Twilight, Night

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• The liberties of none are safe unless the liberties of all are protected.

  William O. Douglas

  Freedom, Atheism, Liberty

  "A Living Bill of Rights". Book by William O. Douglas, 1961.

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• The Constitution and the Bill of Rights we designed to get the government off the backs of the people -- all the people. Those great documents guarantee to us all the rights to personal and spiritual self-fulfillment. But that guarantee is not self-executing. As nightfall does not come all 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 the change in the air -- however slight -- lest we become unwitting victims of the darkness.

  William O. Douglas

  Spiritual, Twilight, Rights

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• I do not know of any salvation for society except through eccentrics, misfits, dissenters, people who protest.

  William O. Douglas

  People, Misfits, Salvation

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• Those in power need checks and restraints lest they come to identify the common good for their own tastes and desires, and their continuation in office as essential to the preservation of the nation.

  William O. Douglas

  Power, Office, Desire

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• Para ser íntegro y armonioso, el hombre también debe conocer la música de las playas y los bosques. Debe encontrar aquello de lo que sólo es una parte infinitesimal y nutrirlo y amarlo, si quiere vivir.

  William O. Douglas

  Beach, Nature, Journey

  WILLIAM O. DOUGLAS (1960). “My Wilderness THE PACIFIC WEST”

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• I learned early that the richness of life is found in adventure. Adventure calls on all the faculties of mind and spirit. It develops self-reliance and independence. Life then teems with excitement. But man is not ready for adventure unless he is rid of fear. For fear confines him and limits his scope. He stays tethered by strings of doubt and indecision and has only a small and narrow world to explore.

  William O. Douglas

  Adventure, Men, Richness Of Life

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• Una de las funciones de la libertad de expresión en nuestro sistema de gobierno es invitar a la controversia. De hecho, puede servir mejor a su alto propósito cuando invita a una condición de malestar, crea insatisfacción con las condiciones tal como son, o incluso agita a la gente a la ira. El discurso es a menudo provocador y desafiante. Puede golpear los prejuicios y las ideas preconcebidas y tener profundos efectos perturbadores al pasar por la aceptación de una idea.

  William O. Douglas

  Acceptance, Ideas, Government

  "Terminiello v. Chicago, 337 U.S. 1". U.S. Supreme Court case, supreme.justia.com. May 16, 1949.

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• The way to combat noxious ideas is with other ideas. The way to combat falsehoods is with truth.

  William O. Douglas

  Ideas, Way, Combat

  Interview with Mike Wallace, November 4, 1958.

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• When a legislature undertakes to proscribe the exercise of a citizen's constitutional right to free speech, it acts lawlessly; and the citizen can take matters into his own hands and proceed on the basis that such a law is no law at all.

  William O. Douglas

  Exercise, Rights, Hands

  "Poulos v. New Hampshire, 345 U.S. 395". U.S. Supreme Court case, supreme.justia.com. April 27, 1953.

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• When man ventures into the wilderness, climbs the ridges, and sleeps in the forest, he comes in close communion with his Creator. When man pits himself against the mountain, he taps inner springs of his strength. He comes to know himself.

  William O. Douglas

  Spring, Sleep, Journey

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• ¿Desde cuándo se espera que los estadounidenses nos inclinemos sumisamente ante la autoridad y hablemos con temor y reverencia a quienes nos representan?

  William O. Douglas

  Fear, History, Bows

  "Colten v. Kentucky, 407 U.S. 104". U.S. Supreme Court case, supreme.justia.com. June 12, 1972.

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• Only when there is a wilderness can man harmonize his inner being with the wavelengths of the earth. When the earth, its products, its creatures, become his concern, man is caught up in a cause greater than his own life and more meaningful. Only when man loses himself in an endeavor of that magnitude does he walk and live with humanity and reverence.

  William O. Douglas

  Meaningful, Men, Humanity

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• A people who extend civil liberties only to preferred groups start down the path either to dictatorship of the right or the left.

  William O. Douglas

  People, Liberty, Groups

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• The right to be let alone is indeed the beginning of all freedom.

  William O. Douglas

  Libertad, Libertario

  "Public Utilities Commission v. Pollak, 343 U.S. 451". U.S. Supreme Court case, supreme.justia.com. May 26, 1952.

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• I would rather create a precedent than find one.

  William O. Douglas

  Law, Precedent

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• The struggle is always between the individual and his sacred right to express himself and the power structure that seeks conformity, suppression, and obedience.

  William O. Douglas

  Struggle, Power, Sacred

  "Go East, Young Man: The Autobiography of William O. Douglas". Book by William O. Douglas, March 12, 1974.

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• Trees have judicial standing, and probably grass too.

  William O. Douglas

  Tree, Grass, Judicial

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• Man is whole when he is in tune with the winds, the stars, and the hills... Being in tune with the universe is the entire secrets.

  William O. Douglas

  Stars, Men, Wind

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• Sunlight is the best disinfectant.

  William O. Douglas

  Honesty, Sunlight

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• The Constitution is not neutral. It was designed to take the government off the backs of people.

  William O. Douglas

  Government, Libertarian Party, America

  "The Court years, 1939-1975: The Autobiography of William O. Douglas‎". Book by William O. Douglas, 1980.

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• Hiking a ridge, a meadow, or a river bottom, is as healthy a form of exercise as one can get. Hiking seems to put all the body cells back into rhythm. Ten to twenty miles on a trail puts one to bed with his cares unraveled.

  William O. Douglas

  Nature, Exercise, Cells

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• The Second Amendment reveals a profound principle of American government - the principle of civilian ascendency over the military.

  William O. Douglas

  Militares, Hombres, América

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• The challenge to our liberties comes frequently not from those who consciously seek to destroy our system of government, but from men of goodwill - good men who allow their proper concerns to blind them to the fact that what they propose to accomplish involves an impairment of liberty.

  William O. Douglas

  Hombres, Desafíos, Buen Hombre

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