Top 10 Quotes & Sayings by Frank Murphy

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American politician Frank Murphy.
Last updated on December 21, 2024.
Frank Murphy

William Francis Murphy was an American politician, lawyer and jurist from Michigan. He was a Democrat who was named to the Supreme Court of the United States in 1940 after a political career that included serving as United States Attorney General, Governor of Michigan, and Mayor of Detroit. He also served as the last Governor-General of the Philippines and the first High Commissioner of the Philippines.

I believe that nothing enjoys a higher estate in our society than the right given by the First and Fourteenth Amendments freely to practice and proclaim one's religious convictions.
Freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and freedom of religion all have a double aspect - freedom of thought and freedom of action.
It can feel like an invasion of privacy, involving an employer in a personal matter. — © Frank Murphy
It can feel like an invasion of privacy, involving an employer in a personal matter.
The economy in the Valley will need to grow if students want to come back and work with their specialized degrees. We need to develop more to create more opportunities.
The number one reason I write is to come to schools and see my readers. I would do it for free.
Religious freedom is too sacred a right to be restricted or prohibited in any degree without convincing proof that a legitimate interest of the state is in grave danger.
We would be false to our trust if we allowed the time it takes to give effect to constitutional rights to be used as the very reason for taking away those rights.
There was a time when the contractual relationship between the employer and the employee was supposed to be none of the public's business. That time has passed.
Liberty is too priceless to be forfeited through the zeal of an administrative agent.
Only by zealously guarding the rights of the most humble, the most unorthodox, and the most despised among us can freedom flourish and endure in our land.
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