Charles Evans Hughes Quotes

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Dissents are appeals to the brooding spirit of the law, to the intelligence of another day.

The United States is the greatest law factory the world has ever known.

While democracy must have its organizations and controls, its vital breath is individual liberty.