We are under a Constitution, but the Constitution is what the judges say it is, and the judiciary is the safeguard of our liberty and of our property under the Constitution.
—Charles Evans Hughes
I believe in work, hard work, and long hours of work. Men do not breakdown from overwork, but from worry and dissipation.
—Charles Evans Hughes
War should be made a crime, and those who instigate it should be punished as criminals.
—Charles Evans Hughes
Topics: Crime, War
While democracy must have its organizations and controls, its vital breath is individual liberty
—Charles Evans Hughes
Topics: Government
The first lesson in civics is that efficient government should begin at home.
—Charles Evans Hughes
Topics: Government
The United States is the greatest law factory the world has ever known.
—Charles Evans Hughes
Topics: Lawyers, Law, Justice
When we lose the right to be different, we lose the privilege to be free.
—Charles Evans Hughes
Topics: Freedom
A man has to live with himself, and he should see to it that he always has good company.
—Charles Evans Hughes
Topics: Integrity, Self-Discovery
The power of administrative bodies to make finding of fact which may be treated as conclusive, if there is evidence both ways, is a power of enormous consequence. An unscrupulous administrator might be tempted to say Let me find the facts for the people of my country, and I care little who lays down the general principles.
—Charles Evans Hughes
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- Newt Gingrich American Politician
- William D. Hoard American Journalist, Politician
- William H. Seward American Elected Representative
- James F. Byrnes American Elected Representative
- Herbert Hoover American Statesman
- Barry Goldwater American Elected Representative
- William O. Douglas American Judge
- Bainbridge Colby American Politician
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