Charles Evans Hughes (1862–1948) American judge
Near v. Minnesota, 283 U.S. 697 (1931).
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“An injurious lie is an uncommendable thing; and so, also, and in the same degree, is an injurious truth—a fact that is recognized by the law of libel.”
On the Decay of the Art of Lying http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/2572/pg2572.html
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