Ideology... is indispensable in any society if men are to be formed, transformed and equipped to respond to the demands of their conditions of existence.

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• Louis Althusser:

  Ideology has very little to do with 'consciousness' - it is profoundly unconscious.

• Michael Collins:

  Early this morning, I signed my death warrant.

• William O. Douglas:

  Since when have we Americans been expected to bow submissively to authority and speak with awe and

• William O. Douglas:

  We who have the final word can speak softly or angrily. We can seek to challenge and annoy, as we n

• William O. Douglas:

  One who comes to the Court must come to adore, not to protest. That's the new gloss on the 1st Amen

• William O. Douglas:

  At the constitutional level where we work, 90 percent of any decision is emotional. The rational pa

• William O. Douglas:

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

• William O. Douglas:

  We do not sit as a superlegislature to weigh the wisdom of legislation.

• William O. Douglas:

  We are a religious people whose institutions presuppose a Supreme Being.

• William O. Douglas:

  The right to be let alone is indeed the beginning of all freedoms.