Abortion is inherently different from other medical procedures because no other procedure involves the purposeful termination of a potential life.

— Potter Stewart

Censorship reflects a society's lack of confidence in itself.

— Potter Stewart

Ethics is knowing the difference between what you have a right to do and what is right to do.

— Potter Stewart

Fairness is what justice really is.

— 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

To force a lawyer on a defendant can only lead him to believe that the law contrives against him.

— Potter Stewart