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Harry A. Blackmun Quotes
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Type: Judge Quotes Category: American Judge Quotes Date of Birth: November 12, 1908 Date of Death: March 4, 1999 Nationality: American Find on Amazon: Harry A. Blackmun Related Authors: Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Sandra Day O'Connor Roy Moore Earl Warren Harold H. Greene Stephen Breyer Charles W. Pickering Learned Hand |
By placing discretion in the hands of an official to grant or deny a license, such a statute creates a threat of censorship that by its very existence chills free speech.
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 I no longer shall tinker with the machinery of death. 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 them differently. Harry A. Blackmun It is precisely because the issue raised by this case touches the heart of what makes individuals what they are that we should be especially sensitive to the rights of those whose choices upset the majority. Harry A. Blackmun The flaw in the statute is that in all its applications, it operates on a fundamentally mistaken premise that high solicitation costs are an accurate measure of fraud. Harry A. Blackmun The right of an individual to conduct intimate relationships in the intimacy of his or her own home seems to me to be the heart of the Constitution's protection of privacy. 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 What the Court really has refused to recognize is the fundamental interest all individuals have in controlling the nature of their intimate associations. Harry A. Blackmun Who is to say that 5 men 10 years ago were right whereas 5 men looking the other direction today are wrong. Harry A. Blackmun |
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