The law is not an end in itself, nor does it provide ends. It is preeminently a means to serve what we think is right.
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
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
Law cannot stand aside from the social changes around it.
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
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…
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
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…
The quest for freedom, dignity, and the rights of man will never end. - William J. Brennan
The quest for freedom, dignity, and the rights of man will never end.
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
Debate on public issues should be uninhibited, robust and wide-open and that...may well include vehement, caustic, and sometimes unpleasantly sharp a…
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
If the right to privacy means anything, it is the right of the individual, married or single, to be free from unwarranted governmental intrusion.
We must meet the challenge rather than wish it were not before us. - William J. Brennan
We must meet the challenge rather than wish it were not before us.
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
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…
Login to join the discussion
Login to join the discussion