The guarantee of equal protection cannot mean one thing when applied to one individual and something else when applied to a person of another color. …

- Lewis F. Powell, Jr.

Equal justice under law is not merely a caption on the facade of the Supreme Court building, it is perhaps the most inspiring ideal of our society. I…

- Lewis F. Powell, Jr.

Under the First Amendment there is no such thing as a false idea. However pernicious an opinion may seem, we depend for its correction not on the con…

- Lewis F. Powell, Jr.

History balances the frustration of 'how far we have to go' with the satisfaction of 'how far we have come.' It teaches us tolerance for the human sh…

- Lewis F. Powell, Jr.

An orderly society cannot exist if every man may decide which laws he will obey.

- Lewis F. Powell, Jr.