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14 quotes by Charles Evans Hughes

Charles Evans Hughes, age 16 Governor Charles Evans Hughes Gubernatorial portrait of Charles Evans Hughes Hughes as he appears in the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. Charles Evans Hughes, Sr. (April 11, 1862 – August 27, 1948) was an American statesman, lawyer and Republican politician from New York. He served as the 36th Governor of New York (1907–1910), Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (1910–1916),...
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When we lose the right to be different, we lose the privilege to be free.

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Men do not die from overwork. They die from dissipation and worry.

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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... →

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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.

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

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

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The power to wage war is the power to wage war successfully.

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

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

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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... →

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In a number of cases dissenting opinions have in time become the law.

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

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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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