The very reason for the First Amendment is to make the people of this country free to think, speak, write and worship as they wish, not as the Government commands.

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

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

A union of government and religion tends to destroy government and to degrade religion.

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.

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

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.