History teaches that grave threats to liberty often come in times of urgency, when constitutional rights seem too extravagant to endure.

If the First Amendment means anything, it means that a state has no business telling a man, sitting alone in his own house, what books he may read or what films he may watch.

I have a lifetime appointment and I intend to serve it. I expect to die at 110, shot by a jealous husband.

I've finally figured out what 'all deliberate speed' means. It means 'slow.'

The law can open doors and knock down walls, but it cannot build bridges. We will only attain freedom if we learn to appreciate what is different and muster the courage to discover what is fundamentally the same.