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.

Mayor of Detroit (1930–33) the last Governor-General of the Philippines (1933–35) U. High Commissioner of the Philippines (1935–36) the 35th Governor of Michigan (1937–39) United States Attorney General (1939–40) and United States Supreme Court Associate Justice (1940–49). District Attorney Eastern Michigan District (1920–23) Recorder's Court Judge Detroit (1923–30).