In my view, far from deserving condemnation for their courageous reporting, The New York Times, The Washington Post and other newspaper should be com….

We repeat and again reaffirm that neither a State nor the Federal Government can constitutionally force a person "to profess a belief or disbelief in….

The United States has a system of taxation by confession.

I cannot agree with those who think of the Bill of Rights as an 18th century straitjacket, unsuited for this age...The evils it guards against are no….

That Amendment requires the state to be a neutral in its relations with groups of religious believers and nonbelievers; it does not require the state….

When the power, prestige and financial support of government is placed behind a particular religious belief, the indirect coercive pressure upon reli….

When I was 40, my doctor advised me that a man in his 40s shouldn't play tennis. I heeded his advice carefully and could hardly wait until I reached ….

The flagrant disregard in the courtroom of elementary standards of proper conduct should not and cannot be tolerated..

The first ten amendments were proposed and adopted largely because of fear that Government might unduly interfere with prized individual liberties. T….

The history of governmentally established religion, both in England and in this country, showed that whenever government had allied itself with one p….

[I]t is true that [the provisions of the Bill of Rights] were designed to meet ancient evils. But they are the same kind of human evils that have eme….

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 for….

The Founding Fathers gave the free press the protection it must have to... bare the secrets of government and inform the people..

History showed that many people had lost their respect for any religion that had relied upon the support of government to spread its faith..

No higher duty, or more solemn responsibility, rests upon this Court than that of translating into living law and maintaining this constitutional shi….

The First Amendment has erected a wall between church and state. That wall must be kept high and impregnable. We could not approve the slightest brea….

In revealing the workings of government that led to the Vietnam War, the newspapers nobly did precisely that which the Founders hoped and trusted the….

The "establishment of religion" clause of the First Amendment means at least this: Neither a state nor the Federal Government can set up a church. Ne….

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 Amend….

The Establishment Clause stands as an expression of principle on the part of the Founders of our Constitution that religion is too personal, too sacr….

The Court stands against any winds that blow as havens of refuge for those who might otherwise suffer because they are helpless, weak, outnumbered, o….