A Union Of Government And Religion Tends

From The Very Beginning, Our State And National Constitutions And Laws Have Laid Great Emphasis On Procedural And Substantive Safeguards Designed To Assure Fair Trials Before Impartial Tribunals In Which Every Defendant Stands Equal Before The Law. This Noble Ideal Cannot Be Realized If The Poor Man Charged With Crime Has To Face His Accusers Without A Lawyer To Assist Him.

An Unconditional Right To Say What One Pleases About Public Affairs Is What I Consider To Be The Minimum Guarantee Of The First Amendment.

The Lesson Which Wars And Depressions Have Taught Is That If We Want Peace, Prosperity And Happiness At Home We Must Help To Establish Them Abroad.

The First Amendment's Language Leaves No Room For Inference That Abridgments Of Speech And Press Can Be Made Just Because They Are Slight. That Amendment Provides, In Simple Words, That "congress Shall Make No Law . . . Abridging The Freedom Of Speech, Or Of The Press." I Read "no Law . . . Abridging" To Mean No Law Abridging.

The Interest Of The People Lies In Being Able To Join Organizations, Advocate Causes, And Make Political "mistakes" Without Being Subjected To Governmental Penalties.