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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abe-fortas/in-order-for-the-state-in-the-person-of-school-officials-to-justify/)

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## More by Abe Fortas

> [Procedure is the bone structure of a democratic society. Our scheme of law affords great latitude for dissent and opposition. It compels wide tolerance…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abe-fortas/procedure-is-the-bone-structure-of-a-democratic-society-our-scheme-of/)

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> [Dissent and dissenters have no monopoly on freedom. They must tolerate opposition. They must accept dissent from their dissent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abe-fortas/dissent-and-dissenters-have-no-monopoly-on-freedom-they-must-tolerate/)

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> [ 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. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abe-fortas/for-a-justice-of-this-ultimate-tribunal-the-u-s-supreme-court-the/)

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> [“Government in our democracy, state and national, must be neutral in matters of religious theory, doctrine, and practice. It may not be hostile to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abe-fortas/government-in-our-democracy-state-and-national-must-be-neutral-in/)

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> [In order for the State in the person of school officials to justify prohibition of a particular expression of opinion, it must be able…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abe-fortas/in-order-for-the-state-in-the-person-of-school-officials-to-justify/)

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> [It can hardly be argued that either students or teachers shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abe-fortas/it-can-hardly-be-argued-that-either-students-or-teachers-shed-their/)

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> [For a justice of this ultimate tribunal, the opportunity for self-discovery and the occasion for self-revelation is usually great.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abe-fortas/for-a-justice-of-this-ultimate-tribunal-the-opportunity-for-self/)

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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abe-fortas/government-may-not-be-hostile-to-any-religion-or-to-the-advocacy-of/)

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> [The story of man is the history, first, of the acceptance and imposition of restraints necessary to permit communal life; and second, of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abe-fortas/the-story-of-man-is-the-history-first-of-the-acceptance-and/)

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> [Judging is a lonely job in which a man is, as near as may be, an island entire.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abe-fortas/judging-is-a-lonely-job-in-which-a-man-is-as-near-as-may-be-an-island/)

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> [Needless, heedless, wanton and deliberate injury of the sort inflicted by Life's picture story is not an essential instrument of responsible journalism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abe-fortas/needless-heedless-wanton-and-deliberate-injury-of-the-sort-inflicted/)

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