The greater the importance to safeguarding the community from incitements to the overthrow of our institutions by force and violence, the more imperative is the need to preserve the constitutional rights of free speech, free press and free assembly in… — Charles Evans Hughes Copy Share Image
War should be made a crime, and those who instigate it should be punished as criminals. — Charles Evans Hughes Copy Share Image
The Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal will take care of themselves. Look after the courts of the poor, who stand most in… — Charles Evans Hughes Copy Share Image
When we lose the right to be different, we lose the privilege to be free. — Charles Evans Hughes Copy Share Image
The United States is the greatest law factory the world has ever known. — Charles Evans Hughes Copy Share Image
Men do not die from overwork. They die from dissipation and worry. — Charles Evans Hughes Copy Share Image
Each man begins with his own world to conquer, and his education is the measure of his conquest. — Charles Evans Hughes Copy Share Image
Our institutions were not devised to bring about uniformity of opinion; if they had we might well abandon hope. It is important to remember,… — Charles Evans Hughes Copy Share Image
I believe in work, hard work, and long hours of work. Men do not breakdown from overwork, but from worry and dissipation. — Charles Evans Hughes Copy Share Image
While democracy must have its organizations and controls, its vital breath is individual liberty. — Charles Evans Hughes Copy Share Image
Selfishness and demagoguery take advantage of liberty. The selfish hand constantly seeks to control government, and every increase of governmental power, even to meet… — Charles Evans Hughes Copy Share Image
But it is recognized that punishment for the abuse of the liberty accorded to the press is essential to the protection of the public, and that the common law rules that subject the libeler to responsibility for the public offense, as well as for the private injury, are not abolished by the protection extended in our constitutions. The law of… — Charles Evans Hughes Copy Share
