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Charles Evans Hughes [1862-1948] American
Rank: 102
Judge, Former Governor of New York


Charles Evans Hughes, Sr. 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. 

Freedom, Good, Intelligence, Men, War, Work



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I believe in work, hard work, and long hours of work. Men do not breakdown from overwork, but from worry and dissipation. Men, Work
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We are under a Constitution, but the Constitution is what the judges say it is, and the judiciary is the safeguard of our property and our liberty and our property under the Constitution.
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When we lose the right to be different, we lose the privilege to be free. Freedom
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Publicity is a great purifier because it sets in action the forces of public opinion, and in this country public opinion controls the courses of the nation.
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The power to wage war is the power to wage war successfully. War
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Men do not die from overwork. They die from dissipation and worry.
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A man has to live with himself, and he should see to it that he always has good company. Good
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War should be made a crime, and those who instigate it should be punished as criminals.
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The first lesson in civics is that efficient government begins at home.
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While democracy must have its organization and controls, its vital breath is individual liberty.
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Dissents are appeals to the brooding spirit of the law, to the intelligence of another day. Intelligence
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The United States is the greatest law factory the world has ever known.
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In a number of cases dissenting opinions have in time become the law.
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When we deal with questions relating to principles of law and their applications, we do not suddenly rise into a stratosphere of icy certainty.
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