Charles Evans Hughes

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

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

While democracy must have its organizations and controls, its vital breath is individual liberty.

The peril of this Nation is not in any foreign foe! We, the people, are its power, its peril, and its hope.

Every young man should aim at independence and should prepare himself for a vocation; above all, he should so manage his life that the steps of his progress are taken without improper aids; that he calls no one master, that he does not win or deserve the reputation of being a tool of others, and that if called to public service he may assume its duties with the satisfaction of knowing that he is free to rise to the height of his opportunity.

It is the essence of the institutions of liberty that it be recognized that guilt is personal and cannot be attributed to the holding of opinions or to mere intent in the absence of overt acts.

Our institutions were not devised to bring about uniformity of opinion; if they had we might well abandon hope. It is important to remember, as has well been said, 'the essential characteristic of true liberty is that under its shelter many different types of life and character and opinion and belief can develop unmolested and unobstructed.'

While democracy must have its organization and controls, its vital breath is individual liberty.

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

A man has to live with himself, and he should see to it that he always has good company

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