“It seemed to me that I had barely reached the Court when people were trying to get me off.”

—  William O. Douglas

The Court years, 1939-1975: The Autobiography of William O. Douglas‎ (1980), p. 3
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Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States 1898–1980

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