The court is really the keeper of the conscience, and the conscience is the Constitution. William O. Douglas More Quotes by William O. Douglas More Quotes From William O. Douglas 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. William O. Douglas performance politics yesterday today The 5th Amendment is an old friend and a good friend. one of the great landmarks in men's struggle to be free of tyranny, to be decent and civilized. William O. Douglas great good struggle men One who comes to the Court must come to adore, not to protest. That's the new gloss on the 1st Amendment. William O. Douglas amendment new protest history We are a religious people whose institutions presuppose a Supreme Being. William O. Douglas being institutions people religion The critical point is that the Constitution places the right of silence beyond the reach of government. William O. Douglas reach constitution government silence
