Author: Charles Evans Hughes

Quotes

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

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

- Charles Evans Hughes

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.

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.

- Charles Evans Hughes

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

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

- Charles Evans Hughes

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

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

- Charles Evans Hughes

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

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

- Charles Evans Hughes

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

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

- Charles Evans Hughes

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

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

- Charles Evans Hughes

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

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

- Charles Evans Hughes

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

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

- Charles Evans Hughes

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