There can be no equal justice where the kind of trial a man gets depends on the amount of money he has.

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

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.

There can be no equal justice where the kind of trial a man gets depends on the amount of money he has.

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

[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 emerged from century to century whenever excessive power is sought by the few at the expense of the many.

The Government's power to censor the press was abolished so that the press would remain forever free to censure the Government. The press was protected so that it could bare the secrets of government and inform the people. Only a free and unrestrained press can effectively expose deception in government.