"The Constitution is not neutral. It was designed to take the government off the backs of people."
― William O. Douglas
Topic(s):
Government
More From William O. Douglas
- "We do not sit as a superlegislature to weigh the wisdom of legislation."
- "Tell the FBI that the kidnappers should pick out a judge that Nixon wants back."
- "Free speech is not to be regulated like diseased cattle and impure butter. The audience that hissed yesterday may applaud today, even for the same performance."
More In Government
- "Government has no other end, but the preservation of property."― John Locke
- "As more people rely on government programs, the harder it becomes to conduct the necessary reforms to preserve them to help our society’s most vulnerable."― Jim DeMint
- "I am not antigovernment. I would not run a campaign against government."― Jack Kemp