May the state fence in the harmless mentally ill solely to save its citizens from exposure to those whose ways are different? One might as well ask i…

- Potter Stewart

I shall not today attempt further to define the kinds of material but I know it when I see it.

- Potter Stewart

Swift justice demands more than just swiftness.

- Potter Stewart

Abortion is inherently different from other medical procedures, because no other procedure involves the purposeful termination of a potential life.

- Potter Stewart

Censorship reflects a society's lack of confidence in itself. It is a hallmark of an authoritarian regime.

- Potter Stewart

The First Amendment guarantees liberty of human expression in order to preserve in our Nation what Mr. Justice Holmes called a "free trade in ideas."…

- Potter Stewart

Fairness is what justice really is.

- Potter Stewart

I shall not attempt further to define the kinds of material I understand to be embraced within that shorthand description (of pornography), and perha…

- Potter Stewart

A person's mere propinquity to others independently suspected of criminal activity does not give rise to probable cause to search that person.

- Potter Stewart