“The American government is premised on the theory that if the individual man is to be free, his ideas, his beliefs, his ideology, his philosophy, must be placed beyond the reach of government.”

“As nightfall does not come at once, neither does oppression. In both instances, there is a twilight when everything remains seemingly unchanged. And it is in such twilight that we all must be most aware of change in the air – however slight – lest we become unwitting victims of the darkness.”

“Common sense often makes good law.”

“The right to be let alone is indeed the beginning of all freedoms.”

“The Constitution is not neutral. It was designed to take the government off the backs of people.”

“Free speech is not to be regulated like diseased cattle and impure butter. The audience that hissed yesterday may applaud today, even for the same performance.”

“Marriage is a coming together for better or for worse, hopefully enduring, and intimate to the degree of being sacred.”

“One who comes to the Court must come to adore, not to protest. That's the new gloss on the 1st Amendment.”

“Tell the FBI that the kidnappers should pick out a judge that Nixon wants back.”

“We are a religious people whose institutions presuppose a Supreme Being.”

“Security can only be achieved through constant change through discarding old ideas that have outlived their usefulness and adapting others to current facts.”