The genius of the Constitution rests not in any static meaning it might have had in a world that is dead and gone, but in the adaptability of its gre…

- William J. Brennan

Law cannot stand aside from the social changes around it.

- William J. Brennan

If there is a bedrock principle underlying the First Amendment, it is that the government may not prohibit the expression of an idea simply because s…

- William J. Brennan

The Framers of the Bill of Rights did not purport to 'create' rights. Rather, they designed the Bill of Rights to prohibit our Government from infrin…

- William J. Brennan

If the right to privacy means anything, it is the right of the individual, married or single, to be free from unwarranted governmental intrusion.

- William J. Brennan

We must meet the challenge rather than wish it were not before us.

- William J. Brennan

The quest for freedom, dignity, and the rights of man will never end.

- William J. Brennan

Lawyers, before any other group, must continue to point out how the system is really working-how it actually affects real people. They must constantl…

- William J. Brennan

Debate on public issues should be uninhibited, robust and wide-open and that...may well include vehement, caustic, and sometimes unpleasantly sharp a…

- William J. Brennan