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Our institutions were not devised to bring about uniformity of opinion if they had we might well abandon hope. It is important to remember, as has well been said, 'the essential characteristic of true liberty is that under its shelter many different types of life and character and opinion and belief can develop unmolested and unobstructed.'

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Charles Evans Hughes
Age: 86 †
Born: 1862
Born: April 11
Died: 1948
Died: August 27
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