Justice William O. Douglas Quote

Quote from Justice William O. Douglas,

"These unwritten amenities have been in part responsible for giving our people the feeling of independence and self-confidence, the feeling of creativity. These amenities have dignified the right of dissent and have honored the right to be nonconformists and the right to defy submissiveness. They have encouraged lives of high spirits rather than hushed, suffocating silence."

By:	Justice William O. Douglas (more quotes by Justice William O. Douglas or books by/about Justice William O. Douglas)
	(1898-1980), U. S. Supreme Court Justice
Source:	Papachristou v. City of Jacksonville (1972)
Categories:	Government, Independence, Power
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