Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quote Share via Email Print this Page [1-4] of 4 John Marshall Harlan II quotesJohn Marshall Harlan II QuotesJohn Marshall Harlan II Privacy in one’s associations… may in many circumstances be indispensable to freedom of association, particularly where a group espouses dissident beliefs.~ John Marshall Harlan II The constitutional right of free expression... is designed and intended to remove governmental restraints from the arena of public discussion, putting the decision as to what views shall be voiced in the hands of each of us, in the hope that the use of such freedom will ultimately produce a more capable citizenry and more perfect polity and in the belief that no other approach would comport with the premise of individual dignity and choice upon which our political systems rests.~ John Marshall Harlan II We cannot sanction the view that the Constitution, while solicitous of the cognitive content of individual speech, has little or no regard for that emotive function which, practically speaking, may often be the more important element of the overall message sought to be communicated.~ John Marshall Harlan II One man's vulgarity is another man's lyric.~ John Marshall Harlan II Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print