William O. Douglas Quotes

The Second Amendment Reveals A Profound Principle Of American Government - The Principle Of Civilian Ascendency Over The Military.

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.

The Court Is Really The Keeper Of The Conscience, And The Conscience Is The Constitution.

This Freedom Of Movement Is The Very Essence Of Our Free Society, Setting Us Apart. Like The Right Of Assembly And The Right Of Association, It Often Makes All Other Rights Meaningful-knowing, Studying, Arguing, Exploring, Conversing, Observing And Even Thinking. Once The Right To Travel Is Curtailed, All Other Rights Suffer, Just As When Curfew Or Home Detention Is Placed On A Person.

The Struggle Is Always Between The Individual And His Sacred Right To Express Himself And The Power Structure That Seeks Conformity, Suppression, And Obedience.

Christianity Has Sufficient Inner Strength To Survive And Flourish On Its Own. It Does Not Need State Subsidies, Nor State Privileges, Nor State Prestige. The More It Obtains State Support The Greater It Curtails Human Freedom.

My Faith Is That The Only Soul A Man Must Save Is His Own.

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.

The Right To Be Let Alone Is Indeed The Beginning Of All Freedom.

I've Often Thought That If Planners Were Botanists, Zoologists, Geologists, And People Who Know About The Earth, We Would Have Much More Wisdom In Such Planning Than We Have When We Leave It To The Engineers.

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.

Trees Have Judicial Standing, And Probably Grass Too.