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17 quotes by William J. Brennan, Jr.

William Joseph Brennan, Jr. (April 25, 1906 – July 24, 1997) was an American jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court from 1956 to 1990. As the seventh longest-serving justice in Supreme Court history, he was known for being a leader of the Court's liberal wing. He was known for his outspoken progressive views, including opposition to the death penalty and support for abortion rights. He authored several...
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The Framers of the Bill of Rights did not purport to 'create' rights. Rather, they designed the Bill of Rights to prohibit our Government... →

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There are no menial jobs, only menial attitudes.

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We do not consecrate the flag by punishing its desecration, for in doing so, we dilute the freedom this cherished emblem represents.

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Congress acknowledged that society's accumulated myths and fears about disability and disease are as handicapping as are the physical limitations... →

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

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Use of a mentally ill person's involuntary confession is antithetical to the notion of fundamental fairness embodied in the due process clause.

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Sex and obscenity are not synonymous. Obscene material is material which deals with sex in a manner appealing to prurient interest.

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Religious conflict can be the bloodiest and cruelest conflicts that turn people into fanatics.

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

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No longer is the female destined solely for the home and the rearing of the family and only the male for the marketplace and the world of ideas.

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Law cannot stand aside from the social changes around it.

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We look to the history of the time of framing and to the intervening history of interpretation. But the ultimate question must be, what do the words... →

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Sex, a great and mysterious motive force in human life, has indisputably been a subject of absorbing interest to mankind through the ages.

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