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
…the people of no nation can lose their liberty so long as a Bill of Rights like ours survives and its basic purposes are conscientiously interpreted, enforced and respected…
– Justice Hugo Black
US Supreme Court, 1947