Freedom of speech means that you shall not do something to people either for the views they have, or the views they express, or the words they speak or write. Hugo Black More Quotes by Hugo Black More Quotes From 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. The guarding of military and diplomatic secrets at the expense of informed representative government provides no real security. Hugo Black government real military The first ten amendments were proposed and adopted largely because of fear that Government might unduly interfere with prized individual liberties. The people wanted and demanded a Bill of Rights written into their Constitution. The amendments embodying the Bill of Rights were intended to curb all branches of the Federal Government in the fields touched by the amendments-Legislative, Executive, and Judicial. Hugo Black government rights people The very first condition of lasting happiness is that a life should be full of purpose, aiming at something outside self. Hugo Black lasting-happiness purpose self The Court stands against any winds that blow as havens of refuge for those who might otherwise suffer because they are helpless, weak, outnumbered, or because they are nonconforming victims of prejudice or public excitement. Hugo Black suffering blow wind The First Amendment has erected a wall between church and state. That wall must be kept high and impregnable. We could not approve the slightest breach. Hugo Black wall church religious It would degrade our country and our judicial system to permit our courts to be bullied, insulted and humiliated and the orderly progress thwarted and obstructed by defendants brought before them charged with crimes. Hugo Black progress crime country In my judgment the people of no nation can lose their liberty so long as a Bill of Rights like ours survives and its basic purposes are conscientiously interpreted, enforced and respected so as to afford continuous protection against old, as well as new, devices and practices which might thwart those purposes. I fear to see the consequences of the Court's practice of substituting its own concepts of decency and fundamental justice for the language of the Bill of Rights as its point of departure in interpreting and enforcing that Bill of Rights. Hugo Black practice rights law Freedom to speak and write about public questions is as important to the life of our government as is the heart to the human body. In fact, this privilege is the heart of our government. If that heart be weakened, the result is debilitation; if it be stilled, the result is death. Hugo Black government heart writing In my view, far from deserving condemnation for their courageous reporting, The New York Times, The Washington Post and other newspaper should be commended for serving the purpose that the Founding Fathers saw so clearly. Hugo Black new-york views father The lesson which wars and depressions have taught is that if we want peace, prosperity and happiness at home we must help to establish them abroad. Hugo Black home war peace I am for the First Amendment from the first word to the last. I believe it means what it says. Hugo Black government mean believe The interest of the people lies in being able to join organizations, advocate causes, and make political "mistakes" without being subjected to governmental penalties. Hugo Black organization mistake lying From the very beginning, our state and national constitutions and laws have laid great emphasis on procedural and substantive safeguards designed to assure fair trials before impartial tribunals in which every defendant stands equal before the law. This noble ideal cannot be realized if the poor man charged with crime has to face his accusers without a lawyer to assist him. Hugo Black law justice men 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 loyalty spring country The Establishment Clause stands as an expression of principle on the part of the Founders of our Constitution that religion is too personal, too sacred, too holy, to permit its 'unhallowed perversion' by a civil magistrate. Hugo Black church principles expression Our Constitution was not written in the sands to be washed away by each wave of new judges blown in by each successive political wind. Hugo Black patriotic judging wind Freedom to publish means freedom for all and not for some. Freedom to publish is guaranteed by the constitution but freedom to continue to prevent others from publishing is not. Hugo Black constitution justice mean In revealing the workings of government that led to the Vietnam War, the newspapers nobly did precisely that which the Founders hoped and trusted they would do. Hugo Black afterlife government war The United States has a system of taxation by confession Hugo Black irs united-states america Loyalty must arise spontaneously from the hearts of people who love their country and respect their government. Hugo Black loyalty heart country
