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
In the First Amendment the Founding Fathers gave the free press the protection it must have to fulfill its essential role in our democracy… Only a free and unrestrained press can effectively expose deception in government.
– Justice Hugo Black
US Supreme Court, 1971