By placing discretion in the hands of an official to grant or deny a license, such a statute creates a threat of censorship that by its very existence chills free speech.
Harry Andrew Blackmun Quotes
Showing all text quotesBirth: | 12th November, 1908 |
Death: | 4th March, 1999 |
Nationality: | American |
Profession: | Judge |
About
Harry Andrew Blackmun was born in Nashville, Illinois, USA. He was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1970 until 1994. Appointed by Republican President Richard Nixon, he ultimately became one of the most liberal justices on the Court. He is best known as the author of the Court's opinion in Roe v. Wade. He attended Harvard College on scholarship, earning an A.B. summa cum laude in mathematics and graduating Phi Beta Kappa in 1929. He attended Harvard Law School, graduating in 1932. He served in a variety of positions including private counsel, law clerk, and adjunct faculty at the University of Minnesota Law School and William Mitchell College of Law.
Related Authors
Advertisement
Today's Anniversary - 16th February
Births
- 1979 - Valentino Rossi
- 1942 - Kim Jong il
- 1950 - Peter Hain
- 1932 - Aharon Appelfeld
- 1905 - Oliver Franks
Deaths
- 1992 - Angela Carter
- 2001 - William Howell Masters
- 2007 - Sheridan Morley
- 1917 - Octave Mirbeau
- 1862 - William Pennington
Quote of the day
Popular Topics
Motivational Quotes
Nature Quotes
America Quotes
Attitude Quotes
Being Yourself Quotes
Children Quotes
Clever Quotes
Computer Quotes
Failure Quotes
Family Quotes
Father Quotes
Fear Quotes
Gift Quotes
Goal Quotes
Life Quotes
Racism Quotes
Self Respect Quotes
Society Quotes
Stupid Quotes
Spirituality Quotes
Ambition Quotes
Business Quotes
Decisions Quotes
Wisdom Quotes
Work Quotes
History Quotes
Democracy Quotes
Expectations Quotes
Progress Quotes
Vision Quotes
About Quoteswave
Quoteswave have collection of famous quotes and sayings by popular authors. We have biggest database of famous proverbs and quotes with images. We have categorized all quotes with different topics and tags like love quotes, inspirational, motivational, life, friendship, success, smile, achievement and belief quotes. Everyone love good meaningful quotes so share famous picture quotes with your friends and loved one.
Our mission is to motivate, boost self confiedence and inspire people to Love life, live life and surf life with words.
Our mission is to motivate, boost self confiedence and inspire people to Love life, live life and surf life with words.

Share with your friends