Abortion is inherently different from other medical procedures because no other procedure involves the purposeful termination of a potential life. – Potter Stewart
I shall not today attempt further to define the kinds of material but I know it when I see it. – Potter Stewart
To force a lawyer on a defendant can only lead him to believe that the law contrives against him. – Potter Stewart
Ethics is knowing the difference between what you have a right to do and what is right to do. – Potter Stewart
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
In fact, a fundamental interdependence exists between the personal right to liberty and the personal right to property. – Potter Stewart
The dichotomy between personal liberties and property rights is a false one. Property does not have rights. People have rights. – Potter Stewart
A person’s mere propinquity to others independently suspected of criminal activity does not give rise to probable cause to search that person. – Potter Stewart
It must always be remembered that what the Constitution forbids is not all searches and seizures, but unreasonable searches and seizures. – Potter Stewart
