"I believe the preservation of our civil liberties to be the most fundamental and important of all our governmental pr…"

"I am unalterably opposed to any species of vigilantes or to any other extra-legal means of a majority exercising its …"

"The only reason that there has been no sabotage or espionage on the part of Japanese-Americans is that they are waiti…"

"If it is a mistake of the head and not the heart don't worry about it, that's the way we learn."

"Many people consider the things government does for them to be social progress but they regard the things government …"

"You sit up there, and you see the whole gamut of human nature. Even if the case being argued involves only a little f…"

"We conclude that, in the field of public education, the doctrine of "separate but equal" has no place. Separate educa…"

"In these days, it is doubtful that any child may reasonably be expected to succeed in life if he is denied the opport…"

"The essentiality of freedom in the community of American universities is almost self-evident. No one should underesti…"

"I always turn to the sports section first. The sports section records people's accomplishments; the front page nothin…"