Inspirational Quotations

Inspirational Quotes by Charles Evans Hughes (American Elected Rep)

Charles Evans Hughes, Sr. (1862–1948) was an American statesman, lawyer and Republican politician from New York. He served as the 36th Governor of New York, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, United States Secretary of State, a judge on the Court of International Justice, and the 11th Chief Justice of the United States. He was the Republican candidate in the 1916 U.S. Presidential election, losing narrowly to incumbent President Woodrow Wilson.

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The United States is the greatest law factory the world has ever known.
Charles Evans Hughes
Topics: Lawyers, Law, Justice

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

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

The first lesson in civics is that efficient government should begin at home.
Charles Evans Hughes
Topics: Government

While democracy must have its organizations and controls, its vital breath is individual liberty
Charles Evans Hughes
Topics: Government

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

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

War should be made a crime, and those who instigate it should be punished as criminals.
Charles Evans Hughes
Topics: War, Crime

When we lose the right to be different, we lose the privilege to be free.
Charles Evans Hughes
Topics: Freedom

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