William O. Douglas Quotes
The First and Fourteenth Amendments say that Congress and the States shall make "no law" which abridges freedom of speech or of the press. In order to sanction a system of censorship I would have to say that "no law" does not mean what it says, that "no law" is qualified to mean "some" laws. I cannot take this step.
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I mean, horror films in general put humans in these awful supernatural or horrible situations, but 'Cabin In The Woods' cranks it up a few notches and becomes outrageous and totally bizarre.
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The disappearance of the Jewish state will not mean the disappearance of anti-Semitism.
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I mean, there's no point in sittin' around and cryin' about spilt milk. Gotta move on.
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I mean, I'm an actor. I do what comes along.
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I was elected six times to represent southern Arizona, in the State Legislature and then in Congress.
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Me being able to beat up Austin Powers? I mean, how great can that be?
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I mean, we sit around and we go, you know, 'Torture doesn't work.' Well, it's been around for 5,000 years. Most stuff that doesn't work goes the way of the dodo pretty quick, like waterbeds and 8-tracks and things like that.
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Freedom of the press is not questioned when investigative journalism unearths scandals, But that does not mean that every classified state document should be made available to journalists.
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Censorship is the thing that stops you doing what you want to do, and what writers want to talk about is what they do, not what stops them doing it.
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I don't exactly know what I mean by that, but I mean it.
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We have a lot of Brazilians in the United States. It doesn't mean we're traitors to our country.
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I think that Congress' ability to reason is fully equal to that of the judiciary.
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I do have a Mexican accent, but that doesn't mean that I'm a Latin vamp.
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In a democracy, you have to find a market niche, make sure a novel is 'interesting' and 'spectacular.' That may be the toughest censorship of all.
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Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.
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The most vulnerable people have tough exteriors because they are very scared inside, and it's very hard for people like that - people like me - to open up. But playing it safe means you stop being open to learning. I always try to find the challenges.
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If you voluntarily label a product as being unsuitable for kids and then turn around and market it directly to kids in contradiction of your ratings system, then you should be held accountable just like any other company in America that misleads consumers, .. That's not censorship. That's common sense.
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In the event that my illness worsens, I want to have a guarantee that I can die in a dignified manner. Nowhere in the bible does it say that a person has to stick it out to the decreed end. No one tells us what "decreed" means.
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The survival of democracy depends on the renunciation of violence and the development of nonviolent means to combat evil and advance the good.
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I feel more beautiful than I've ever felt because I've given birth. I have never felt so connected, never felt like I had such a purpose on this earth. The best thing about having a daughter is having a true legacy. The word love means something completely different now.
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What did a happy ending even mean in real life, anyway? In stories you simply said, 'They lived happily ever after,' and that was it. But in real life people had to keep on living, day after day, year after year.
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There are places and moments in America where this nation’s destiny has been decided...Selma is such a place.
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Worry is the stomach's worst poison.
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The First and Fourteenth Amendments say that Congress and the States shall make "no law" which abridges freedom of speech or of the press. In order to sanction a system of censorship I would have to say that "no law" does not mean what it says, that "no law" is qualified to mean "some" laws. I cannot take this step.
