Over our history there are always those who want to take this wall of separation and remove a brick here or there or damage it more than that. I thin…

- Harry A. Blackmun

The mixing of government and religion can be a threat to free government, even if no one is forced to participate.... When the government puts its i…

- Harry A. Blackmun

Disapproval of homosexuality cannot justify invading the houses, hearts and minds of citizens who choose to live their lives differently.

- Harry A. Blackmun

We're all eccentrics. We're nine prima donnas.

- Harry A. Blackmun

From this day forward, I no longer shall tinker with the machinery of death. For more than 20 years I have endeavored - indeed, I have struggled - al…

- Harry A. Blackmun

Abortion raises moral and spiritual questions over which honorable persons can disagree sincerely and profoundly. But those disagreements did not the…

- Harry A. Blackmun

The states are not free, under the guise of protecting maternal health or potential life, to intimidate women into continuing pregnancies.

- Harry A. Blackmun

In order to get beyond racism, we must first take account of race. There is no other way. And in order to treat some persons equally, we must treat t…

- Harry A. Blackmun

I hope you will be yourself, human, even a little sentimental, possessed of a sense of humor and a sense of humility. . . . There are arrogant people…

- Harry A. Blackmun