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"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 the words meant and meant their prohibitions to be 'absolutes'."
Hugo L. BlackHugo L. Black
––Supreme Court Justice (1886-1971)

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"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."
Hugo L. BlackHugo L. Black
––Supreme Court Justice (1886-1971)

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"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."
Hugo L. BlackHugo L. Black
––Supreme Court Justice (1886-1971)

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"The layman's constitutional view is that what he likes is constitutional and that which he doesn't like is unconstitutional."
Hugo L. BlackHugo L. Black
––Supreme Court Justice (1886-1971)

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