The Lesson Which Wars And Depressions Have

No Tax In Any Amount, Large Or Small, Can Be Levied To Support Any Religious Activities Or Institutions, Whatever They May Be Called, Or Whatever Form They May Adopt To Teach Or Practice Religion.

The History Of Governmentally Established Religion, Both In England And In This Country, Showed That Whenever Government Had Allied Itself With One Particular Form Of Religion, The Inevitable Result Had Been That It Had Incurred The Hatred, Disrespect And Even Contempt Of Those Who Held Contrary Beliefs.

The Framers Of The Constitution Knew That Free Speech Is The Friend Of Change And Revolution. But They Also Knew That It Is Always The Deadliest Enemy Of Tyranny.

No Higher Duty, Or More Solemn Responsibility, Rests Upon This Court Than That Of Translating Into Living Law And Maintaining This Constitutional Shield Deliberately Planned And Inscribed For The Benefit Of Every Human Being Subject To Our Constitution - Of Whatever Race, Creed Or Persuasion.

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.