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.

Politics / government Quotes, by William O. Douglas

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Tell the FBI that the kidnappers should pick out a judge that Nixon wants back.

History Quotes, by William O. Douglas

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The use of violence as an instrument of persuasion is therefore inviting and seems to the discontented to be the only effective protest.

Violence Quotes, by William O. Douglas

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Violence has no constitutional sanction; and every government from the beginning has moved against it. But where grievances pile high and most of the elected spokesmen represent the Establishment, violence may be the only effective response.

Violence Quotes, by William O. Douglas

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