William O. Douglas Quotes
Most popular William O. Douglas Quotes

Common sense often makes good law.

Solitude is the beginning of all freedom.

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

Religious experiences which are as real as life to some may be incomprehensible to others.

We deal with a right of privacy older than the Bill of Rights - older than our political parties, older than our school system.

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.