A man said to the universe: "Sir, I exist!" "However," replied the universe, "The fact has not created in me A sense of obligation."Stephen CraneA Man Said to the Universe · 1899★ 5.2
Supreme Court opinion · Legal writingWhether, to the average person, applying contemporary community standards, the dominant theme of the material, taken as a whole, appeals to prurient interest.William J. Brennan, Jr.1957★ 5.1
Supreme Court opinion · Legal writingAll ideas having even the slightest redeeming social importance—unorthodox ideas, controversial ideas, even ideas hateful to the prevailing climate of opinion—have the full protection of the guaranties... But implicit in the history of the First Amendment is the rejection of obscenity as utterly without redeeming social importance... We hold that obscenity is not within the area of constitutionally protected speech or press.William J. Brennan, Jr.1957★ 5.1
Supreme Court opinion · Legal opinion · Legal writingIf the right of privacy means anything, it is the right of the individual, married or single, to be free from unwarranted governmental intrusion into matters so fundamentally affecting a person as the decision whether to bear or beget a child.William J. Brennan, Jr.Eisentadt v. Baird · 1972★ 5.1