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.

The Press was protected so that it could bare the secrets of the government and inform the people. Only a free and unrestrained press can effectively expose deception in government. And paramount among the responsibilities of a free press is the duty to prevent any part of the government from deceiving the people.

The layman's constitutional view is that what he likes is constitutional and that which he doesn't like is unconstitutional.

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

Laws are made to protect the trusting as well as the suspicious

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 not only old, they are with us now, they exist today.

Freedom of speech means that you shall not do something to people either for the views they have, or the views they express, or the words they speak or write.