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
Hugo BlackRead
The very first condition of lasting happiness is that a life should be full of purpose, aiming at something outside self.
Interpretation
True happiness comes from having a purpose beyond oneself.
In this quote, Hugo Black emphasizes that lasting happiness is fundamentally tied to finding purpose in life. He suggests that genuine fulfillment arises when individuals strive for goals that extend beyond their personal desires and ambitions, thereby contributing to something greater than themselves.
In practice
During a motivational speech about finding meaning in work.
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
Loyalty must arise spontaneously from the hearts of people who love their country and respect their government.
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.
The public welfare demands that constitutional cases must be decided according to the terms of the Constitution itself, and not according to judges views of fairness, reasonableness, or justice. I have no fear of constitutional amendments properly adopted, but I do fear the rewriting of the Constitution by judges under the guise of interpretation.
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.
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 "absolutes."
There ought to be a man with a hammer behind the door of every happy man.
To live long and achieve happiness, cultivate the art of radiating happiness.
Happiness includes chiefly the idea of satisfaction after full honest effort. No one can possibly be satisfied and no one can be happy who feels that in some paramount affairs he failed to take up the challenge of life.
Happiness, not in another place but this place...not for another hour, but this hour.
Handfuls of frosty water can make almost anyone smile, but it cannot make them forget.
I heard a definition once: Happiness is health and a short memory! I wish I'd invented it, because it is very true.
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