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It is my belief that there are "absolutes" in our Bill of Rights, and that they were put… — Hugo Black

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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 words meant, and meant their prohibitions to be "absolutes."

Hugo Black
1960
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Bill of RightsConstitutional theoryAmerican politics
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1960
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Hugo Black
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Black, Hugo L. James Madison lecture. 17 Feb. 1960, New York University School of Law, New York University, New York City, NY, USA.

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