Freedom, According to Justice William O. Douglas

The following is an article
from Uncle John’s Supremely
Satisfying Bathroom Reader
William
O. "Wild Bill" Douglas (1898 - 1980) was the longest-serving
justice in the history of the U.S. Supreme Court. Here’s what he has to
say about free speech, freedom, and the government:

"The right to be let alone is indeed the beginning of all
freedom."
"It was against a background poignant with memories of evil
procedures that our Constitution was drawn."
"As nightfall does not come at once, neither does oppression.
In both instances, there is a twilight when […]

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