At the constitutional level where we work, ninety percent of any decision is emotional. The rational part of us supplies the reasons for supporting our predilections.

William O. Douglas (1898–1980) American jurist, US Supreme Court justice (1939–75)

The Court Years, 1939-1975 (1980)

Comment to Justice Potter Stewart on the arrest of Vietnam War veterans during a peaceful protest on the steps of the Supreme Court building.