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Quote from Justice Charles Evans Hughes,


"The greater the importance to safeguarding the community from incitements to the overthrow of our institutions by force and violence, the more imperative is the need to preserve the constitutional rights of free speech, free press and free assembly in order to maintain the opportunity for free political discussion."


By:

Justice Charles Evans Hughes (more quotes by Justice Charles Evans Hughes or books by/about Justice Charles Evans Hughes)


(1862-1948) Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court

Source:

DeJonge v. Oregon, 1937

Categories:

Constitution, Individual Rights, Justice, Non-Violence, Speech, Violence

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