The dissenting opinion has continued since 1792 as a great American tradition. It is as true to the character of our democracy as of speech itself.
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The idea of using censors to bar thoughts of sex is dangerous. A person without sex thoughts is abnormal.William Douglas
The function of the prosecutor under the federal Constitution is not to tack as many skins of victims as possible against the wall. His function is to vindicate the rights of the people as expressed in the laws and give those accused of crime a fair trial.
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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.
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The truth is that a vast restructuring of our society is needed if remedies are to become available to the average person. Without that restructuring the good will that holds society together will be slowly dissipated. . . . It is that sense of futility which permeates the present series of protests and dissents. Where there is a persistent sense of futility, there is violence and that is where we are today.
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In the East the wilderness has no evil connotation it is thought of as an expression of the unity and harmony of the universe.
William Douglas
Man is about to be an automaton he is identifiable only in the computer. As a person of worth and creativity, as a being with an infinite potential, he retreats and battles the forces that make him inhuman.
William Douglas
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