top of page
.png){kind=small}
"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."
Standard
Customized
Exlpore more Constitution quotes
"One country, one constitution, one destiny."
"As a matter of traditional and sound constitutional doctrine, an amendment to the Constitution should be the last resort when all other measures have proved inadequate."
"Obviously, I'll keep fighting to uphold the Constitution."
"The ultimate touchstone of constitutionality is the Constitution itself and not what we have said about it."
"It's one of the nice things about this nation that when the Constitution is violated, if it affects you, you can bring a suit."
"A constitution that is made for all nations is made for none."
"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."
"Simultaneously with the establishment of the Constitution, Virginia ceded to the United States her domain, which then extended to the Mississippi, and was even claimed to extend to the Pacific Ocean."
"The constitution ought to specifically state that every nation is left entirely independent and supreme in its internal affairs, such as regulating emigration and all other similar matters."
"Even though Article IV of the Constitution says that treaties are the 'supreme law of the land,' in most instances they're not even law."
Explore more quotes by Hugo Black
"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."
"When I was 40, my doctor advised me that a man in his 40s shouldn't play tennis. I heeded his advice carefully and could hardly wait until I reached 50 to start again."
"The Founding Fathers gave the free press the protection it must have to bare the secrets of government and inform the people."
"The Framers of the Constitution knew that free speech is the friend of change and revolution. But they also knew that it is always the deadliest enemy of tyranny."
"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."
"It is the paradox of life that the way to miss pleasure is to seek it first. The very first condition of lasting happiness is that a life should be full of purpose, aiming at something outside self."
"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."
"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."
"Criticism of government finds sanctuary in several portions of the 1st Amendment. It is part of the right of free speech. It embraces freedom of the press."
bottom of page