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William O. Douglas

"Common sense often makes good law."

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Donna Grant

"We may always depend on it that algebra, which cannot be translated into good English and sound common sense, is bad algebra."

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Donna Grant

"But if it not be true, the myth itself requires to be explained, and every principle of philosophy and common sense demand that the explanation be sought, not in arbitrary allegorical categories, but in the actual facts of ritual or religious custom to which the myth attaches."

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Donna Grant

"Have common sense and stick to the point."

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Donna Grant

"Common sense steps in here and says: Separate the parts you want to be mobile from the parts you want to be inert. You have seen the result, and I know many have the skill to apply it."

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Donna Grant

"The philosophy of one century is the common sense of the next."

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Donna Grant

"There is nothing more uncommon than common sense."

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Donna Grant

"Our best theories are not only truer than common sense, they make more sense than common sense."

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Donna Grant

"Soap and water and common sense are the best disinfectants."

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Donna Grant

"Common sense often makes good law."

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Donna Grant

"Common sense is the knack of seeing things as they are, and doing things as they ought to be done."

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William O. Douglas
"No patent medicine was ever put to wider and more varied use than the Fourteenth Amendment."

Medicine

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William O. Douglas
"We do not sit as a superlegislature to weigh the wisdom of legislation."

Wisdom

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William O. Douglas
"We who have the final word can speak softly or angrily. We can seek to challenge and annoy, as we need not stay docile and quiet."

Challenge

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William O. Douglas
"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."

Men

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William O. Douglas
"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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William O. Douglas
"We are a religious people whose institutions presuppose a Supreme Being."

People

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William O. Douglas
"It seemed to me that I had barely reached the Court when people were trying to get me off."

People

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William O. Douglas
"Tell the FBI that the kidnappers should pick out a judge that Nixon wants back."

Nixon

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William O. Douglas
"One who comes to the Court must come to adore, not to protest. That's the new gloss on the 1st Amendment."

Court

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William O. Douglas
"Since when have we Americans been expected to bow submissively to authority and speak with awe and reverence to those who represent us?"

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