I. D. Douglas Quotes

We must realize that today's establishment is the new George III. Whether it will continue to adhere to his tactics, we do not know. If it does, the redress, honored in tradition, is also revolution.

The critical point is that the Constitution places the right of silence beyond the reach of government.

The right to dissent is the only thing that makes life tolerable for a judge of an appellate court... the affairs of government could not be conducted by democratic standards without it.

The law is not a series of calculating machines where answers come tumbling out when the right levers are pushed.

Common sense often makes a good law.

What a man thinks is no concern of the government.

I hope to be remembered as someone who made the earth a little more beautiful.

At the constitutional level where we work, 90 percent of any decision is emotional. The rational part of us supplies the reasons for supporting our predilections.

The First Amendment makes confidence in the common sense of our people and in the maturity of their judgement the great postulate of our democracy.

Absolute discretion is a ruthless master. It is more destructive of freedom than any of man's other inventions.

It seemed to me that I had barely reached the Court when people were trying to get me off.

The use of violence as an instrument of persuasion is therefore inviting and seems to the discontented to be the only effective protest.

Having not said anything the first time, it was somehow even more difficult to broach the subject the second time around.

and then I decided I was a lemon for a couple of weeks.

Deep and sustainable change...requires changes in behavior among those who do not welcome the change.

If boys don't learn, men won't know.

One of the greatest inhibitions to the development of human potential is the aversion to effective practice.

Technology sometimes encourages people to confuse busyness with effectiveness.

I really love pets. They're like children. They know if you really love them or not. You can't fool them.

People are seduced by signals from the world, but that is manipulation, not reality. Computers have learned more about us than we've learned about them.

When things begin accelerating wildly out of control, sometimes patience is the only answer. Press pause.

Give me an entrepreneur with a lot of courage, gusto and who iterates rapidly, and I will back that person day in and day out.

When you design it, think how you would feel if you had to fly it! Safety first!

Care shouldn't start in the emergency room.

"a fatal and perhaps fateful error of judgment" "...this was the last chance for the United Nations to get a grip on themselves and apply the principles of their Charter"

There are many great minds on earth and not all are human.

If you don't believe in miracles, you will see none.

Everybody was kung-fu fighting, those kids were fast as lightning. In fact, it was a little bit frightening, make sure you have expert timing.

Black has always been a staple for me, but that's not really a good favorite color. I've been really into browns lately.

Photographer's advice: Stand in the right place.

Some guys can run fast, some guys can sing, I found I could take photographs that people were interested in.

Whatever God would want me to do... love each other and help others. I want to add, not take away.

In a world filled with violence, hatred, and suspicion, giving is an expression of faith, trust, and concern.

I don't say that I don't believe in God because that implies that there is a God for me not to believe in.

Solutions nearly always come from the direction you least expect, which means there's no point trying to look in that direction because it won't be coming from there.

The complexities of cause and effect defy analysis.

There is no problem so complicated that you can't find a very simple answer to it if you look at it right.

He had got himself a life. Now he had to find a purpose in it.

Siamese Cats have a way of staring at you. Those who have walked in on the Queen cleaning her teeth will know the expression.

If there's any real truth, it's that the entire multidimensional infinity of the Universe is almost certainly being run by a bunch of maniacs.

Alltami (n.) The ancient art of being able to balance the hot and cold shower taps.

I find that writing is a constant battle with exactly the same problems you've always had.

Would you like me to go and stick my head in a bucket of water?

Time travel, by its very nature, was invented in all periods of history simultaneously.

I don't want to die now!" he yelled. "I've still got a headache! I don't want to go to heaven with a headache, I'd be all cross and wouldn't enjoy it!

Being virtually killed by a virtual laser in a virtual space is just as effective as the real thing, because you are as dead as you think you are.

Bypasses are devices that allow some people to dash from point A to point B very fast while other people dash from point B to point A very fast.

'Totally mad,' he said, 'utter nonsense. But we'll do it because it's brilliant nonsense.'

How do you feel?" he asked him. "Like a military academy," said Arthur. "Bits of me keep on passing out.

I am rarely happier than when spending an entire day programming my computer.