William O. Douglas Quotes
The critical point is that the Constitution places the right of silence beyond the reach of government.
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I rise in support of the separation of powers as established by our Founding Fathers in the Constitution. The Constitution clearly delegates the power to deal with criminal matters, like the use of drugs, to the States.
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I had absolute freedom to create things on my own and in silence. No rush, the artificial rush by media. Certainly no rush to grow up. We had plenty of boyhood, plenty of girlhood.
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Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth.
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Silence is also conversation.
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I wish the government would put a tax on pianos for the incompetent.
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Silence is my dignity.
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A man is known by the silence he keeps.
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Most people seem unaware that corporate influence and wealth has taken over public policy, such that government policy now favors the wealthy few at the expense of the people.
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Holding our own government to account for the use of its power is, in my view, the highest mission of a U.S. news organization.
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Make the people sovereign and the poor will use the machinery of government to dispossess the rich.
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Government can wreck a business by confiscating its money by taxation.
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I think, if you create the right economic framework in terms of government policy, that Saskatchewan can continue to succeed and grow. Instead of having people migrate from Saskatchewan, they will be migrating to Saskatchewan.
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Government can do best by simply getting out of the way.
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We are a constitutional monarchy. I don't order laws, I propose them. Article 35 of our constitution states that the king can only refuse a law of parliament once, then he has to sign it - if the same law is then supported by a two-thirds majority in both houses of parliament.
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Where in the Constitution does it say that because we don't like a foreign country's leader, we should go in and topple the dictator?
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I have to thank the People, the Congress, and the Government of the United States for my liberation.
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A majority in all parties do, I think, want to see local government recover its old vigour and independence.
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Just as judges have enormous stake in the appointment of judicial officers in the higher judiciary, the government has an equal stake. Since both of us have stakes in the appointment of members of the higher judiciary, the consultation of both of them is absolutely necessary. The government must have a say.
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Time and time again, small businesses testify before the Committee on Small Business that they simply want the government to 'get out of the way.'
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Life is never free of contradictions.
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Who has connections to Connecticut? That's where rich people go to live the rest of their life in the woods.
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I learned a lot when I was 14 and 15 years old doing chores inside and outside the household, and as a result, I grew up with a good work ethic.
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There's often rarely any dialogue in a sex scene. With your fellow actor, it's good to talk about what the unspoken dialogue is, that's happening in the scene. You've got to play something rather than feel self-conscious or exposed.
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The critical point is that the Constitution places the right of silence beyond the reach of government.
