The Framers Of The Constitution Knew That

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 To Be Their Adversary. State Power Is No More To Be Used So As To Handicap Religions Than It Is To Favor Them.

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 First Ten Amendments Were Proposed And Adopted Largely Because Of Fear That Government Might Unduly Interfere With Prized Individual Liberties. The People Wanted And Demanded A Bill Of Rights Written Into Their Constitution. The Amendments Embodying The Bill Of Rights Were Intended To Curb All Branches Of The Federal Government In The Fields Touched By The Amendments-legislative, Executive, And Judicial.

Criticism Of Government Finds Sanctuary In Several Portions Of The 1st Amendment. It Is Part Of The Right Of Free Speech. It Embraces Freedom Of The Press

I Do Not Believe That It Can Be Too Often Repeated That The Freedoms Of Speech, Press, Petition And Assembly Guaranteed By The First Amendment Must Be Accorded To The Ideas We Hate Or Sooner Or Later They Will Be Denied To The Ideas We Cherish. The First Banning Of An Association Because It Advocates Hated Ideas - Whether That Association Be Called A Political Party Or Not - Marks A Fateful Moment In The History Of A Free Country.