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“An unconditional right to say what one pleases about public affairs is what I consider to be the minimum guarantee of the First Amendment.” quote by Hugo Black — Download Open image

“An unconditional right to say what one pleases about public affairs is what I consider to be the minimum guarantee of the First Amendment.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Histories never conclude; they just pause their prose. Their stories are, if they are truthful, untidy affairs, resistant to windings-up and sortings-out. They beat…

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Islam never differentiates between men and women as regards political rights and puts them on an equal footing. However, even if a woman is…

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Our guiding principle was that design is neither an intellectual nor a material affair, but simply an integral part of the stuff of life,…

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I wonder if it's possible to have a love affair that lasts forever.

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For a young man to start his career with a love affair with an older woman was quite de rigueur ... Of course, it…

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As long as the state permits itself to interfere in the affairs of literature, literature has the right to interfere with the affairs of…

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Love is mainly an affair of short spasms. If these spasms disappoint us, love dies. It is very seldom that it weathers the experience…

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The Fundamental Principle that governs - or ought to govern -human affairs if we wish to avoid misunderstandings, conflicts, or pointless utopias, is negotiation.

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My hope does not rest in the affairs of this world. It rests in Christ who is coming again.

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In 1953, the United States played a significant role in orchestrating the overthrow of Iran's popular prime minister, Mohammed Mossadegh. The Eisenhower administration believed its actions were justified for strategic reasons, but the coup was clearly a setback for Iran's political development and it is easy to see now why many Iranians continue to resent this intervention by America in…

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Not everyone likes the stable, gradual rise of our country. There are some who are using the democratic ideology to interfere in our internal…

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The archives recall not one single incriminating incident, not one drunken escapade, not one reported affair, not one spat with a team-mate or reporter - As Matthew Parris wondered of Barack Obama in these pages recently, is he human?

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