William O. Douglas Quotes
The privacy and dignity of our citizens is being whittled away by sometimes imperceptible steps. Taken individually, each step may be of little consequence. But when viewed as a whole, there begins to emerge a society quite unlike any we have seen - a society in which government may intrude into the secret regions of a life.
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I get upset about what is taken as great literature and what is cute and exotic.
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There is a healthful hardiness about real dignity that never dreads contact and communion with others however humble.
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I found that I need to work, and I wouldn't have known that if I hadn't taken the time off.
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The West German population would protest passionately if it knew what secret meetings between the federal chancellor, McCoy, and foreign and Nazi generals are planning.
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It took 23 years from Abraxane being conceived to us showing now with conclusiveness that it works in pancreatic cancer. We cannot afford as a society to wait another 23 years to make sure that the patients get the right care, at the right time, at the right place.
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Society doesn't like to deal with death, but it is a natural part of living.
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Well, my constituents are happy that the Republican Party has finally gotten off its duff, seeing that we do control the House and the Senate and the presidency, and taken up the issue of illegal immigration.
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Of course, a positive growth rate might be taken as evidence that a population is below its optimum.
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Sometimes there are customers who get in difficulty because of situations that are out of their control. These are customers with genuine needs, and the role of the bank is to accommodate these customers, and there is a real need to reschedule the loans of these customers.
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I'm a fan of books that are almost languorous in their storytelling. That is a little bit lost sometimes in the modern media that we have.
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To search for a pianist, it is very difficult; sometimes you find one.
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Carlos was a character, a character fabricated by Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, fabricated by the secret services of the epoch, fabricated by the governments of the epoch, by the radical groups of the epoch, by the communications media.
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All of us in society are supposed to believe that cruelty to animals is wrong and that it is a good thing to prevent needless suffering. So if that is true, how can meat be acceptable under any but the most extraordinary circumstances, such as perhaps roasting the bird who died flying into a window?
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Charm of personality is a divine gift that sways the strongest characters and sometimes even controls the destinies of nations.
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I try to be a nice person, but it's difficult sometimes.
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I don't feel political most of the time. Sometimes I'm placed in positions because no one else will go there.
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I sometimes joke that I can take personal responsibility for saving one million human relationships.
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Serving up ads based on behavioral targeting can itself be an invasion of privacy, especially when the information used is personal.
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People have to evolve.
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I knew at a very early age what I wanted to do. Some people refer to it as indulging in my instincts and artistic bent. I call it just showing off, which was what I did from about three years of age on.
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It was by one Union that we achieved our independence and liberties, and by it alone can they be maintained.
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Being around blind people is always a little frustrating to me because I know they have no idea how handsome I am.
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I didn't have any success in show business until I was 30 to 31 years of age.
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The privacy and dignity of our citizens is being whittled away by sometimes imperceptible steps. Taken individually, each step may be of little consequence. But when viewed as a whole, there begins to emerge a society quite unlike any we have seen - a society in which government may intrude into the secret regions of a life.
