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.

Quote by Hugo Black

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We believe trial judges confronted with disruptive, contumacious, stubbornly defiant defendants must be given sufficient...

We believe trial judges confronted with disruptive, contumacious, stubbornly defiant defendants must be given sufficient...

The Founding Fathers gave the free press the protection it must have to bare the...

The Founding Fathers gave the free press the protection it must have to bare the...

Our Constitution was not written in the sands to be washed away by each wave...

Our Constitution was not written in the sands to be washed away by each wave...

The Founding Fathers gave the free press the protection it must have [to] bare the...

The Founding Fathers gave the free press the protection it must have [to] bare the...

It is the paradox of life that the way to miss pleasure is to seek...

It is the paradox of life that the way to miss pleasure is to seek...

The Framers [of the Constitution] knew that free speech is the friend of change and...

The Framers [of the Constitution] knew that free speech is the friend of change and...

The Framers of the Constitution knew that free speech is the friend of change and...

The Framers of the Constitution knew that free speech is the friend of change and...

The First Amendment was added to the Constitution to stand as a guarantee that neither...

The First Amendment was added to the Constitution to stand as a guarantee that neither...

Paramount among the responsibilities of a free press is the duty to prevent any part...

Paramount among the responsibilities of a free press is the duty to prevent any part...

The constitutional prohibition against laws respecting an establishment of religion must at least mean that...

The constitutional prohibition against laws respecting an establishment of religion must at least mean that...

The Framers [of the Constitution] knew that free speech is the friend of change and...

The Framers [of the Constitution] knew that free speech is the friend of change and...

Criticism of government finds sanctuary in several portions of the 1st Amendment. It is part...

Criticism of government finds sanctuary in several portions of the 1st Amendment. It is part...

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

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

The layman's constitutional view is that what he likes is constitutional and that which he...

The layman's constitutional view is that what he likes is constitutional and that which he...

Our Constitution was not written in the sands to be washed away by each wave...

Our Constitution was not written in the sands to be washed away by each wave...

Laws are made to protect the trusting as well as the suspicious.

Laws are made to protect the trusting as well as the suspicious.

Criticism of government finds sanctuary in several portions of the 1st Amendment. It is part...

Criticism of government finds sanctuary in several portions of the 1st Amendment. It is part...

Court not the critic's smile nor dread his frown

Court not the critic's smile nor dread his frown

I criticize by creation, not by finding fault

I criticize by creation, not by finding fault

We might remind ourselves that criticism is as inevitable as breathing, and that we should...

We might remind ourselves that criticism is as inevitable as breathing, and that we should...

In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the...

In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the...

No one sex can govern alone. I believe that one of the reasons why civilization...

No one sex can govern alone. I believe that one of the reasons why civilization...

Frankly, despite my horror of the press, I'd love to rise from the grave every...

Frankly, despite my horror of the press, I'd love to rise from the grave every...

Talking and eloquence are not the same: to speak and to speak well are two...

Talking and eloquence are not the same: to speak and to speak well are two...