William O. Douglas

"At the international level we have become virtually paranoid. The world is filled with dangerous people. Every troublemaker across the globe is a communist. Our obsession is in part the product of a f…"

"One aspect of modern life which has gone far to stifle men is the rapid growth of tremendous corporations. Enormous spiritual sacrifices are made in the transformation of shopkeepers into employees...…"

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

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

"A person may be convicted for making a speech or for pamphleteering if a judge rules ex post facto that the speaker or publisher created a ‘clear and present danger’ that his forbidden or revolutionar…"

"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."

"The federal food program is not responsive to that growing need. It is designed by the agro-business lobby to restrict production, keep prices high, and assure profits to the producers. That lobby con…"

"The whole, though larger than any of its parts, does not necessarily obscure their separate identities."