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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We ought to be allowing the private sector to pursue every form of energy because the energy of the future, it's not going to come from the government picking winners and losers.
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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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There are libertarian conservatives, fiscal conservatives, and social conservatives. I feel conservative in terms of limited government, individual responsibility, self-sufficiency - that sort of thing.
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At this point, American workers are pretty respectful of the bosses they loathe.
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I never felt I belonged. I was always an outsider.
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You must be able to handle a variety of move orders during the first 5-6 moves - otherwise you'll find yourself 'tricked' time and time again.
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It takes more time to rework a painting than it takes to fill in the canvas in the first place. I wish I could get them all right with the first coat like many of the old masters could, but seem destined to have to rework to make them even passable.
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The critical point is that the Constitution places the right of silence beyond the reach of government.
