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Quotes from Charles Evans Hughes — Charles Evans Hughes

1862–1948

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Freedom of expression gives the essential democratic opportunity, but self-restraint is the essential civic discipline.

Charles Evans Hughes (1951)

We still proclaim the old ideals of liberty but we cannot voice them without anxiety in our hearts. The question is no longer one of establishing democratic institutions but of preserving them.

Charles Evans Hughes (1951)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Charles Evans Hughes (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.