Hugo Black

Judge

1886-02-27

Quotes by Hugo Black

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

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• In revealing the workings of government that led to the Vietnam War, the newspapers nobly did precisely that which the Founders hoped and trusted they would do.

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• In my view, far from deserving condemnation for their courageous reporting, the New York Times, the Washington Post and other newspapers should be commended for serving the purpose that the Founding Fathers saw so clearly.

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• Our Constitution was not written in the sands to be washed away by each wave of new judges blown in by each successive political wind.

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• 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.

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