Freedom To Speak And Write About Public

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.

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 Any Religion." Neither Can Constitutionally Pass Laws Or Impose Requirements Which Aid All Religions As Against Nonbelievers, And Neither Can Aid Those Religions Based On A Belief In The Existence Of God As Against Those Religions Founded On Different Beliefs.

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. Neither Can Pass Laws Which Aid One Religion, Aid All Religions, Or Prefer One Religion Over Another. Neither Can Force Nor Influence A Person To Go To Or To Remain Away From Church Against His Will Or Force Him To Profess A Belief Or Disbelief In Any Religion.

In Revealing The Workings Of Government That Led To The Vietnam War, The Newspapers Nobly Did Precisely That Which The Founders Hoped And Trusted They Would Do.

Freedom To Speak And Write About Public Questions Is As Important To The Life Of Our Government As Is The Heart To The Human Body. In Fact, This Privilege Is The Heart Of Our Government. If That Heart Be Weakened, The Result Is Debilitation; If It Be Stilled, The Result Is Death.