Quote by Hugo Black
Criticism of government finds sanctuary in several portions of the

Criticism of government finds sanctuary in several portions of the 1st Amendment. It is part of the right of free speech. It embraces freedom of the press. – Hugo Black

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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 for serving the purpose that the Founding Fathers saw so clearly. – Hugo Black

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History
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It is the paradox of life that the way to miss pleasure is to seek it first. The very first condition of lasting happiness is that a life should be full of purpose, aiming at something outside self. – Hugo Black

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Happiness
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Freedom
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Woe to that nation whose literature is cut short by the intrusion of force. This is not merely interference with freedom of the press but the sealing up of a nations heart, the excision of its memory. – Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

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Freedom

The Jewish festival of freedom is the oldest continuously observed religious ritual in the world. Across the centuries, Passover has never lost its power to inspire the imagination of successive generations of Jews with its annually re-enacted drama of slavery and liberation. – Jonathan Sacks

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Freedom

Giving up even an ounce of precious freedom is a very serious thing to do. – Charles Schumer

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Freedom

As one gets older one sees many more paths that could be taken. Artists sense within their own work that kind of swelling of possibilities, which may seem a freedom or a confusion. – Jasper Johns

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Freedom

Random Quotes

We are but the veriest, sorriest slaves of our stomach. – Jerome K. Jerome, Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog), 1889

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Eating

Get the fools on your side and you can be elected to anything. – Frank Dane

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Voting

I just play the music that I love with musicians that I respect, and fortunately, Im in a position where people are willing to play with me, and perhaps I can do something to help them. – Bonnie Raitt

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respect

If a man works like a horse for his money, there are a lot of girls anxious to take him down the bridal path. – Marty Allen

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Marriage