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Potter Stewart
American
Judge
About the author
To force a lawyer on a defendant can only lead him to believe that the law contrives against him.
Potter Stewart,
American
Judge
#Law
#Force
A person's mere propinquity to others independently suspected of criminal activity does not give rise to probable cause to search that person.
Potter Stewart,
American
Judge
#Cause
It must always be remembered that what the Constitution forbids is not all searches and seizures, but unreasonable searches and seizures.
Potter Stewart,
American
Judge
#Constitution
The dichotomy between personal liberties and property rights is a false one. Property does not have rights. People have rights.
Potter Stewart,
American
Judge
#People
#Rights
#Property
The 4th Amendment and the personal rights it secures have a long history. At the very core stands the right of a man to retreat into his own home and there be free from unreasonable governmental intrusion.
Potter Stewart,
American
Judge
#Home
#Man
#History
#Rights
Swift justice demands more than just swiftness.
Potter Stewart,
American
Judge
#Justice
In fact, a fundamental interdependence exists between the personal right to liberty and the personal right to property.
Potter Stewart,
American
Judge
#Right
#Liberty
#Fact
#Property
I shall not today attempt further to define the kinds of material but I know it when I see it.
Potter Stewart,
American
Judge
#Today
Fairness is what justice really is.
Potter Stewart,
American
Judge
#Justice
Ethics is knowing the difference between what you have a right to do and what is right to do.
Potter Stewart,
American
Judge
#Right
#Difference
#Ethics
Abortion is inherently different from other medical procedures because no other procedure involves the purposeful termination of a potential life.
Potter Stewart,
American
Judge
#Life
#Abortion
#Potential
#Medical
Censorship reflects a society's lack of confidence in itself.
Potter Stewart,
American
Judge
#Society
#Censorship
#Confidence