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Liberty Quotes by Charles Evans Hughes
- Emergency does not increase granted power or remove or diminish the restrictions imposed upon power granted or reserved. The Constitution was adopted in a period…
- While democracy must have its organizations and controls, its vital breath is individual liberty.
- We are under a Constitution, but the Constitution is what the judges say it is, and the judiciary is the safeguard of our property and…
- It is the essence of the institutions of liberty that it be recognized that guilt is personal and cannot be attributed to the holding of…
- Our institutions were not devised to bring about uniformity of opinion; if they had we might well abandon hope. It is important to remember, as…
- The liberty of the press is not confined to newspapers and periodicals. It necessarily embraces pamphlets and leaflets. These indeed have been historic weapons in…
- While democracy must have its organization and controls, its vital breath is individual liberty.
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