Equality under the law to millionaire and pauper, factory owner and worker, is the test of a successful democracy… justice for all and special privilege to none…
– Hugo Black
Clay County Courthouse
Senate Campaign, 1926
Under our constitutional system, courts stand against any winds that blow as havens of refuge for those who might otherwise suffer because they are helpless, weak, outnumbered…
– Justice Hugo Black
US Supreme Court, 1940