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"We do not sit as a superlegislature to weigh the wisdom of legislation."
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"One who comes to the Court must come to adore, not to protest. That's the new gloss on the 1st Amendment."
"The 5th Amendment is an old friend and a good friend. one of the great landmarks in men's struggle to be free of tyranny, to be decent and civilized."
"At the constitutional level where we work, 90 percent of any decision is emotional. The rational part of us supplies the reasons for supporting our predilections."
"The critical point is that the Constitution places the right of silence beyond the reach of government."
"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."
"The Constitution is not neutral. It was designed to take the government off the backs of people."
"Literature should not be suppressed merely because it offends the moral code of the censor."
"The association promotes a way of life, not causes; a harmony in living, not political faiths; a bilateral loyalty, not commercial or social projects. Yet it is an association for as noble a purpose as any involved in any prior decisions."
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