Hugo Black Quotes About Duty

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  • Paramount among the responsibilities of a free press is the duty to prevent any part of the government from deceiving the people and sending them off to distant lands to die of foreign fevers and foreign shot and shell.

    "New York Times Co. v. United States, 403 U.S. 713". The U.S. Supreme Court case No. 1873, supreme.justia.com. June 30, 1971.
  • No higher duty, or more solemn responsibility, rests upon this Court than that of translating into living law and maintaining this constitutional shield deliberately planned and inscribed for the benefit of every human being subject to our Constitution - of whatever race, creed or persuasion.

    "Chambers v. Florida, 309 U.S. 227". Writing for the court, 1940.
  • The Press was protected so that it could bare the secrets of the government and inform the people. Only a free and unrestrained press can effectively expose deception in government. And paramount among the responsibilities of a free press is the duty to prevent any part of the government from deceiving the people.

    "Strangling the messenger" by Niall Stanage, www.theguardian.com. December 6, 2006.
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Hugo Black

  • Born: February 27, 1886
  • Died: September 25, 1971
  • Occupation: Former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States