On the recordJanuary 18, 1980
He was fiercely certain that the simple words of the Bill of Rights were meant to protect the humblest citizen from any exercise of arbitrary power.
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presidency.ucsb.eduJimmy Carter: “He was fiercely certain that the simple words of the Bill of Rights were meant to protect the humblest citizen from any…”
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Statement on the Death of Former Supreme Court Associate Justice William O. Douglas
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