Charles Evans
Charles Evans
judging constitution judiciary
The Constitution is what the judges say it is.
character important liberty
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.'
country people body
The power of administrative bodies to make finding of fact which may be treated as conclusive, if there is evidence both ways, is a power of enormous consequence. An unscrupulous administrator might be tempted to say "Let me find the facts for the people of my country, and I care little who lays down the general principles.
taken winning opportunity
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.
law icy principles
When we deal with questions relating to principles of law and their applications, we do not suddenly rise into a stratosphere of icy certainty.
country publicity public-opinion
Publicity is a great purifier because it sets in action the forces of public opinion, and in this country public opinion controls the courses of the nation
freedom liberty libertarian
The liberty of the press is not confined to newspapers and periodicals. It necessarily embraces pamphlets and leaflets. These indeed have been historic weapons in the defense of liberty, as the pamphlets of Thomas Paine and others in our history abundantly attest.
home government lessons
The first lesson in civics is that efficient government begins at home.
loyalty exercise government
We [the Government] are here not as masters but as servants, we are not here to glory in power, but to attest our loyalty to the commands and restrictions laid down by our sovereign, the people of the United States, in whose name and by whose will we exercise our brief authority.
work believe men
I believe in work, hard work, and long hours of work. Men do not breakdown from overwork, but from worry and dissipation.
war organization drug
While democracy must have its organizations and controls, its vital breath is individual liberty.
judging liberty constitution
We are under a Constitution, but the Constitution is what the judges say it is, and the judiciary is the safeguard of our property and our liberty and our property under the Constitution.
people peril foe
The peril of this Nation is not in any foreign foe! We, the people, are its power, its peril, and its hope.
war criminals crime
War should be made a crime, and those who instigate it should be punished as criminals.