Harry A. Blackmun Quotes

Harry A. Blackmun — American Judge born on November 12, 1908, died on March 04, 1999

Harry Andrew Blackmun was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1970 until 1994. Appointed by Republican President Richard Nixon, Blackmun ultimately became one of the most liberal justices on the Court. He is best known as the author of the Court's opinion in Roe v. Wade... (wikipedia)

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.

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.

The states are not free, under the guise of protecting maternal health or potential life, to intimidate women into continuing pregnancies.

Disapproval of homosexuality cannot justify invading the houses, hearts and minds of citizens who choose to live their lives differently.

I no longer shall tinker with the machinery of death.