"The liberty of the press is not confined……" — Charles Evans Hughes
"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 the defense of liberty, as the pamphlets of Thomas Paine and others in our history abundantly attest."
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Charles Evans Hughes
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23 Quotes by Charles Evans Hughes
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War should be made a crime, and those who instigate it should be punished as criminals.
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We [the Government] are here not as masters but as servants, we are not here to glory in power, but…
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The United States is the greatest law factory the world has ever known.
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Emergency does not increase granted power or remove or diminish the restrictions imposed upon power granted or reserved. The Constitution…
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While democracy must have its organizations and controls, its vital breath is individual liberty.
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The power to wage war is the power to wage war successfully.
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The first lesson in civics is that efficient government begins at home.
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In a number of cases dissenting opinions have in time become the law.
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Dissents are appeals to the brooding spirit of the law, to the intelligence of another day.
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The peril of this Nation is not in any foreign foe! We, the people, are its power, its peril, and…
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We are under a Constitution, but the Constitution is what the judges say it is, and the judiciary is the…
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Publicity is a great purifier because it sets in action the forces of public opinion, and in this country public…
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