At the constitutional level where we work, 90 percent of any decision is emotional. The rational part of us supplies the reasons for supporting our predilections.
William O Douglas quote Common sense often makes good law.
William O Douglas quote If discrimination based on race is constitutionally permissible when those who hold the reins can come up with 'compelling' reasons to justify it, then constitutional guarantees acquire an accordionlike quality.
William O Douglas quote No patent medicine was ever put to wider and more varied use than the Fourteenth Amendment.
William O Douglas quote Marriage is a coming together for better or for worse, hopefully enduring, and intimate to the degree of being sacred.
William O Douglas quote Since when have we Americans been expected to bow submissively to authority and speak with awe and reverence to those who represent us?
William O Douglas quote The Constitution is not neutral. It was designed to take the government off the backs of people.
William O Douglas quote Tell the FBI that the kidnappers should pick out a judge that Nixon wants back.
William O Douglas quote Biography
US legal expert, 1898 - 1980
