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Charles Evans Hughes Quotes: It is the essence of the institutions of liberty that it be recognized that guilt is personal and cannot be attributed to the holding of opinions or to mere intent in the absence of overt acts.
         

It is the essence of the institutions of liberty that it be recognized that guilt is personal and cannot be attributed to the holding of opinions or to mere intent in the absence of overt acts.


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When we lose the right to be different, we lose the privilege to be free.

When we lose the right to be different, we lose the privilege to be free.



A man has to live with himself, and he should see to it that he always has good company

A man has to live with himself, and he should see to it that he always has good company



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.

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.



Each man begins with his own world to conquer, and his education is the measure of his conquest.

Each man begins with his own world to conquer, and his education is the measure of his conquest.



War should be made a crime, and those who instigate it should be punished as criminals.

War should be made a crime, and those who instigate it should be punished as criminals.



I believe in work, hard work, and long hours of work. Men do not breakdown from overwork, but from worry and dissipation.

I believe in work, hard work, and long hours of work. Men do not breakdown from overwork, but from worry and dissipation.



The first lesson in civics is that efficient government begins at home.

The first lesson in civics is that efficient government begins at home.



The peril of this Nation is not in any foreign foe! We, the people, are its power, its peril, and its hope.

The peril of this Nation is not in any foreign foe! We, the people, are its power, its peril, and its hope.



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

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



The liberty of the press is not confined to newspapers and periodicals. It necessarily embraces pamphlets and leaflets.

The liberty of the press is not confined to newspapers and periodicals. It necessarily embraces pamphlets and leaflets.





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Don't be a marshmallow. Walk the street with us into history. Get off the sidewalk. Stop being vegetables. Work for Justice. Viva the boycott!

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I want to be involved in a story that makes a difference.

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I went to England when I was 13-years=old and then I went again when I was 14. When I went for the second time I felt like the first summer I was there it was a waste because I didn't exist yet.

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If you are going to ask yourself life-changing questions, be sure to do something with the answers.

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