Censorship reflects a society's lack of confidence in itself.
¶ (Attributed)
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Justice Potter Stewart (1015-1985) US Supreme Court (1959-81)
The Fourth Amendment, and the personal rights which 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.
¶ Silverman v. United States, 365 U.S. 505, unanimous opinion (6 Mar 1961)
Full ruling. Note that the quote is frequently misidentified as being from Katz v. United States or Bartkus v. Illiinois.
May the state fence in the harmless mentally ill solely to save its citizens from exposure to those whose ways are different? One might as well ask if the state, to avoid public unease, could incarcerate all who are physically unattractive or socially eccentric. Mere public intolerance or animosity cannot constitutionally justify the deprivation of a person's physical liberty.
¶ Unanimous opinion, O'Connor v. Donaldson, 422 U.S. 563 (1975)
Full opinion.
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