William O. Douglas Quotes


Hiking a ridge, a meadow, or a river bottom, is as healthy a form of exercise as one can get. Hiking seems to put all the body cells back into rhythm. Ten to twenty miles on a trail puts one to bed with his cares unraveled.


Citations

Douglas, William O. Of Men and Mountains. Harper & Brothers, 1950.

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William O. Douglas
William O. Douglas
  • Born: October 16, 1898
  • Died: January 19, 1980
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Judge

William Orville Douglas was an American jurist and politician who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Nominated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Douglas was confirmed at the age of 40, one of the youngest justices appointed to the court. His term, lasting 36 years and 211 days (1939–75), is the longest in the history of the Supreme Court. In 1975, Time magazine called Douglas "the most doctrinaire and committed civil libertarian ever to sit on the court."