In order for the State in the person of school officials to justify prohibition of a particular expression of opinion, it must be able to show that its action was caused by something more than a mere desire to avoid… — Abe Fortas Copy Share Image
Procedure is the bone structure of a democratic society. Our scheme of law affords great latitude for dissent and opposition. It compels wide tolerance… — Abe Fortas Copy Share
Dissent and dissenters have no monopoly on freedom. They must tolerate opposition. They must accept dissent from their dissent. — Abe Fortas Copy Share
For a justice of this ultimate tribunal [the U.S. Supreme Court], the opportunity for self-discovery and the occasion for self-revelation is great. — Abe Fortas Copy Share
“Government in our democracy, state and national, must be neutral in matters of religious theory, doctrine, and practice. It may not be hostile to… — Abe Fortas Copy Share
In order for the State in the person of school officials to justify prohibition of a particular expression of opinion, it must be able… — Abe Fortas Copy Share
It can hardly be argued that either students or teachers shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate. — Abe Fortas Copy Share
For a justice of this ultimate tribunal, the opportunity for self-discovery and the occasion for self-revelation is usually great. — Abe Fortas Copy Share
Government...may not be hostile to any religion or to the advocacy of no-religion; and it may not aid, foster, or promote one religion or… — Abe Fortas Copy Share
The story of man is the history, first, of the acceptance and imposition of restraints necessary to permit communal life; and second, of the… — Abe Fortas Copy Share
Judging is a lonely job in which a man is, as near as may be, an island entire. — Abe Fortas Copy Share
Needless, heedless, wanton and deliberate injury of the sort inflicted by Life's picture story is not an essential instrument of responsible journalism. — Abe Fortas Copy Share
