The Establishment Clause . . . stands as an expression of principle on the part of the Founders . . . that… — Hugo Black Copy Share Image
[H]istory showed that many people had lost their respect for any religion that had relied upon the support of government to spread… — Hugo Black Copy Share Image
When the power, prestige, and financial support of government is placed behind a particular religious belief, the indirect coercive pressure upon religious… — Hugo Black Copy Share Image
The First Amendment has erected a wall between church and state. That wall must be kept high and impregnable. We could not… — Hugo Black Copy Share Image
The Establishment Clause stands as an expression of principle on the part of the Founders of our Constitution that religion is too… — Hugo Black Copy Share Image
The First Amendment has erected a wall between church and state. That wall must be kept high and impregnable. We could not… — Hugo Black Copy Share Image
No person can be punished for entertaining or professing religious beliefs or disbeliefs, for church attendance or non-attendance. — Hugo Black Copy Share Image
History showed that many people had lost their respect for any religion that had relied upon the support of government to spread… — Hugo Black Copy Share Image
The history of governmentally established religion, both in England and in this country, showed that whenever government had allied itself with one… — Hugo Black Copy Share Image
The "establishment of religion" clause of the First Amendment means at least this: Neither a state nor the Federal Government can set… — Hugo Black Copy Share Image
Our Constitution was not written in the sands to be washed away by each wave of new judges blown in by each successive political… — Hugo Black Copy Share
Freedom to speak and write about public questions is as important to the life of our government as is the heart to the human… — Hugo Black Copy Share
From the very beginning, our state and national constitutions and laws have laid great emphasis on procedural and substantive safeguards designed to assure fair… — Hugo Black Copy Share
The flagrant disregard in the courtroom of elementary standards of proper conduct should not and cannot be tolerated. — Hugo Black Copy Share
A union of government and religion tends to destroy government and to degrade religion. — Hugo Black Copy Share
The lesson which wars and depressions have taught is that if we want peace, prosperity and happiness at home we must help to establish… — Hugo Black Copy Share
The public welfare demands that constitutional cases must be decided according to the terms of the Constitution itself, and not according to judges views… — Hugo Black Copy Share
The Founding Fathers gave the free press the protection it must have to bare the secrets of government and inform the people. — Hugo Black Copy Share
Freedom of speech means that you shall not do something to people either for the views they have, or the views they express, or… — Hugo Black Copy Share
Words uttered under coercion are proof of loyalty to nothing but self-interest. Love of country must spring from willing hearts and free minds. — Hugo Black Copy Share
In my view, far from deserving condemnation for their courageous reporting, the New York Times, the Washington Post and other newspapers should be commended… — Hugo Black Copy Share
Loyalty must arise spontaneously from the hearts of people who love their country and respect their government. — Hugo Black Copy Share
The word 'security' is a broad, vague generality whose contours should not be invoked to abrogate the fundamental law embodied in the First Amendment.… — Hugo Black Copy Share
Among religions in this country which do not teach what would generally be considered a belief in the existence of God are Buddhism, Taoism,… — Hugo Black Copy Share
That Amendment requires the state to be a neutral in its relations with groups of religious believers and nonbelievers; it does not require the… — Hugo Black Copy Share
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