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Hugo Black Quotes: The First Amendment has erected a wall between church and state. That wall must be kept high and impregnable. We could not approve the slightest breach.
         

The First Amendment has erected a wall between church and state. That wall must be kept high and impregnable. We could not approve the slightest breach.


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The press was to serve the governed, not the governors.

The press was to serve the governed, not the governors.



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I was brought up to believe that Scotch whisky would need a tax preference to survive in competition with Kentucky bourbon.



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A union of government and religion tends to destroy government and to degrade religion.



Among religions in this country which do not teach what would generally be considered a belief in the existence of God are Buddhism, Taoism, Ethical Culture, Secular Humanism and others.

Among religions in this country which do not teach what would generally be considered a belief in the existence of God are Buddhism, Taoism, Ethical Culture, Secular Humanism and others.



There can be no equal justice where the kind of trial a man gets depends on the amount of money he has.

There can be no equal justice where the kind of trial a man gets depends on the amount of money he has.



Freedom of speech means that you shall not do something to people either for the views they have, or the views they express, or the words they speak or write.

Freedom of speech means that you shall not do something to people either for the views they have, or the views they express, or the words they speak or write.



The layman's constitutional view is that what he likes is constitutional and that which he doesn't like is unconstitutional.

The layman's constitutional view is that what he likes is constitutional and that which he doesn't like is unconstitutional.



An unconditional right to say what one pleases about public affairs is what I consider to be the minimum guarantee of the First Amendment.

An unconditional right to say what one pleases about public affairs is what I consider to be the minimum guarantee of the First Amendment.



When I was 40, my doctor advised me that a man in his 40s shouldn't play tennis. I heeded his advice carefully and could hardly wait until I reached 50 to start again.

When I was 40, my doctor advised me that a man in his 40s shouldn't play tennis. I heeded his advice carefully and could hardly wait until I reached 50 to start again.



The Framers of the Constitution knew that free speech is the friend of change and revolution. But they also knew that it is always the deadliest enemy of tyranny.

The Framers of the Constitution knew that free speech is the friend of change and revolution. But they also knew that it is always the deadliest enemy of tyranny.





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