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01Undated

The 4th Amendment and the personal rights 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.

Potter Stewart / quote

02Undated

Abortion is inherently different from other medical procedures because no other procedure involves the purposeful termination of a potential life.

Potter Stewart / quote

03Undated

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

Potter Stewart / quote

04Undated

Ethics is knowing the difference between what you have a right to do and what is right to do.

Potter Stewart / quote

05Undated

Fairness is what justice really is.

Potter Stewart / quote

06Undated

To force a lawyer on a defendant can only lead him to believe that the law contrives against him.

Potter Stewart / quote