But it is recognized that punishment for the abuse of the liberty accorded to the press is essential to the protection of the public, and that the co… - Charles Evans Hughes

When we lose the right to be different, we lose the privilege to be free.

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

There is no path to peace except as the will of peoples may open to it. The way of peace is through agreement, not through force. The question then is not of any ambitious scheme to prevent war, but simply of the constant effort, which is the highest task of statesmanship in relation to every possible cause of strife, to diminish a people's disposition to resort to force and to find a just and reasonable basis for accord. If the energy, ability, and sagacity equal to that now devoted to preparation for war could be concentrated upon such efforts aided by the urgent demands of an intelligent public opinion, addressed not to impossibilities but to the removal or adjustment of actual differences, we should make a sure approach to our goal.