William J. Brennan, Jr. Quotes

William J. Brennan, Jr. — American Judge born on April 25, 1906, died on July 24, 1997

William Joseph Brennan, Jr. was an American jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court from 1956 to 1990. As the seventh longest-serving justice in Supreme Court history, he was known for being a leader of the Court's liberal wing... (wikipedia)

Sex and obscenity are not synonymous. Obscene material is material which deals with sex in a manner appealing to prurient interest.

Use of a mentally ill person's involuntary confession is antithetical to the notion of fundamental fairness embodied in the due process clause.

Congress acknowledged that society's accumulated myths and fears about disability and disease are as handicapping as are the physical limitations that flow from actual impairment.

Religious conflict can be the bloodiest and cruelest conflicts that turn people into fanatics.

If the right to privacy means anything, it is the right of the individual, married or single, to be free from unwarranted governmental intrusion.