“In a number of cases dissenting opinions have in time become the law”
Charles Evans Hughes
“Dissents are appeals to the brooding spirit of the law, to the intelligence of another day.”
“The dissenting opinion has continued since 1792 as a great American tradition. It is as true to the character of our democracy as of speech itself.”
William Orville Douglas
“The time appears to me to have come when it is the duty of all to make their dissent from religion known”
John Stuart Mill
“This is a very, very conservative judge who in his dissenting opinions is overwhelmingly likely to be more conservative than the majority.”
Cass R. Sunstein
“We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. When the loyal opposition dies, I think the soul of America dies with it.”
Edward R. Murrow
“Dissent is the highest form of patriotism.”
Howard Zinn
