Speech Quotes by Hugo Black

Our Constitution was not written in the sands to be washed away by each wave of new judges blown in by each successive political…

— Hugo Black

Freedom to speak and write about public questions is as important to the life of our government as is the heart to the human…

— Hugo Black

From the very beginning, our state and national constitutions and laws have laid great emphasis on procedural and substantive safeguards designed to assure fair…

— Hugo Black

The flagrant disregard in the courtroom of elementary standards of proper conduct should not and cannot be tolerated.

— Hugo Black

A union of government and religion tends to destroy government and to degrade religion.

— Hugo Black

The lesson which wars and depressions have taught is that if we want peace, prosperity and happiness at home we must help to establish…

— Hugo Black

The public welfare demands that constitutional cases must be decided according to the terms of the Constitution itself, and not according to judges views…

— Hugo Black

The Founding Fathers gave the free press the protection it must have to bare the secrets of government and inform the people.

— Hugo Black

Freedom of speech means that you shall not do something to people either for the views they have, or the views they express, or…

— Hugo Black

Words uttered under coercion are proof of loyalty to nothing but self-interest. Love of country must spring from willing hearts and free minds.

— Hugo Black

In my view, far from deserving condemnation for their courageous reporting, the New York Times, the Washington Post and other newspapers should be commended…

— Hugo Black

Loyalty must arise spontaneously from the hearts of people who love their country and respect their government.

— Hugo Black

The word 'security' is a broad, vague generality whose contours should not be invoked to abrogate the fundamental law embodied in the First Amendment.…

— Hugo Black

Among religions in this country which do not teach what would generally be considered a belief in the existence of God are Buddhism, Taoism,…

— Hugo Black

That Amendment requires the state to be a neutral in its relations with groups of religious believers and nonbelievers; it does not require the…

— Hugo Black