Liberty Of Thought Soon Shrivels Without Freedom

Certainly The Affirmative Pursuit Of One's Convictions About The Ultimate Mystery Of The Universe And Man's Relation To It Is Placed Beyond The Reach Of Law. Government May Not Interfere With Organized Or Individual Expressions Of Belief Or Disbelief. Propagation Of Belief - Or Even Of Disbelief - In The Supernatural Is Protected, Whether In Church Or Chapel, Mosque Or Synagogue, Tabernacle Or Meeting-house.

One Who Belongs To The Most Vilified And Persecuted Minority In History Is Not Likely To Be Insensible To The Freedoms Guaranteed By Our Constitution... But As Judges We Are Neither Jew Nor Gentile, Neither Catholic Nor Agnostic.

It Would Be A Stultification Of The Responsibility Which The Course Of Constitutional History Has Cast Upon This Court To Hold That In Order To Convict A Man The Police Cannot Extract By Force What Is In His Mind, But Can Extract What Is In His Stomach.

We Have Enjoyed So Much Freedom For So Long That We Are Perhaps In Danger Of Forgetting How Much Blood It Cost To Establish The Bill Of Rights.

Old Age And Sickness Bring Out The Essential Characteristics Of A Man.