Hugo Black
American senator and judge
WORDS ABOUT WORDS
An unconditional right to say what one pleases about public affairs is what I consider to be the minimum guarantee of the First Amendment.
—Hugo Black, American senator and judge, New York Times Company v. Sullivan, 376 U.S. 254, 1964
Posted on January 7, 2000 at 7:26 AM
WORDS ABOUT WORDS
Without deviation, without exception, without any ifs, buts, or whereases, freedom of speech means you shall not do something to people for views they have, express, speak, or write.
—Hugo Black, American senator and judge, New York Times Company v. Sullivan, 376 U.S. 254, 1964
Posted on April 17, 1998 at 5:05 PM
WORDS ABOUT WORDS
It is my belief that there are "absolutes" in our Bill of Rights, and that they were put there on purpose by men who knew what words meant, and meant their prohibitions to be "absolute."
—Hugo Black, Quoted in Roger K. Newman, Hugo Black: A Biography
Posted on March 15, 2002 at 6:31 AM
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