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"Nor was it only from the millions of slaves that chains had been removed; the whole nation had been in bondage; free speech had been suppressed."
"If Thomas Jefferson had heard us, he probably would have said, 'We shouldn't have free speech.'"
"I don't think we should be deprived of the privilege of free speech."
"Free speech carries with it some freedom to listen."
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"Trials by the adversarial contest must in time go the way of the ancient trial by battle and blood."
"Judges rule on the basis of law, not public opinion, and they should be totally indifferent to pressures of the times."
"A far greater factor than abolishing poverty is the deterrent effect of swift and certain consequences: swift arrest, prompt trial, certain penalty and - at some point - finality of judgment."
"It is indeed an odd business that it has taken this Court nearly two centuries to "discover" a constitutional mandate to have counsel at a preliminary hearing."
"There can be no doubt that the practice of opening legislative sessions with prayer has become part of the fabric of our society."
"Concepts of justice must have hands and feet to carry out justice in every case in the shortest possible time and the lowest possible cost. This is the challenge to every lawyer and judge in America."
"We are more casual about qualifying the people we allow to act as advocates in the courtroom than we are about licensing electricians."
"There can be no assumption that today's majority is "right" and the Amish and others like them are "wrong." A way of life that is odd or even erratic but interferes with no rights or interests of others is not to be condemned because it is different."
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