33 Quotes by Potter Stewart

Swift justice demands more than just swiftness.

Censorship reflects a society’s lack of confidence in itself.

The right to enjoy property without unlawful deprivation, no less that the right to speak out or the right to travel is, in truth, a “personal” right.

The right to defy an unconstitutional statute is basic in our scheme. Even when an ordinance requires a permit to make a speech, to deliver a sermon, to picket, to parade, or to assemble, it need not be honored when it’s invalid on its face.

A person’s mere propinquity to others independently suspected of criminal activity does not give rise to probable cause to search that person.

We dedicated ourselves to a powerful idea – organic law rather than naked power. There seems to be universal acceptance of that idea in the nation.