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William O. Douglas

"The critical point is that the Constitution places the right of silence beyond the reach of government."

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"The critical point is that the Constitution places the right of silence beyond the reach of government."

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Amber Hurdle

"The young in this country, and you fellows are young by my reckoning, have a right to be concerned about the course that our government, the Federal Government, is taking under President Bush."

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"A government full of Democrats would rather have you be a Republican, and a government full of Republicans would rather have you be a Democrat, than have you oppose both."

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"The American people think the government in Washington is too big. That it spends too much. And - and that it's totally out of control. They want something done about it."

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"This is a government takeover of our healthcare system. It is the government basically running the entire healthcare system, turning large insurers into de facto public utilities, depriving people of choice, depriving people of options, raising people's prices, raising taxes when we need new jobs."

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Amber Hurdle

"I do not intend to dispute in any way the need for defence cuts and the need for government spending cuts in general. I do not share a not in my backyard approach to government spending reductions."

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"The ideal form of government is democracy tempered with assassination."

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"This year, we are going to take our government out of the hands of corporate special interests and put it back into the hands of Ohio families - where it belongs."

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"Parts of the Voting Rights Act are due to expire next year if Congress doesn't extend them, including the section that guarantees that voting rights will be protected by the federal government."

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"The American people deserve truthfulness, not more political campaigning. The American people deserve a responsible government that seeks to address their needs, not more ideological dogma."

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"All these stories are grist to the mill of the government because they build up a very useful war psychosis."

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"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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"Marriage is a coming together for better or for worse, hopefully enduring, and intimate to the degree of being sacred."
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"The right to be let alone is indeed the beginning of all freedoms."
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"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."
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"It seemed to me that I had barely reached the Court when people were trying to get me off."
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"The right to revolt has sources deep in our history."
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