Truth is more than a mental exercise.

The Ku Klux Klan never dies. They just stop wearing sheets because sheets cost too much.

It is now well established that the Constitution protects the right to receive information and ideas. ... This right to receive information and ideas, regardless of their social worth, ... is fundamental to our free society.

The First Amendment serves not only the needs of the polity but also those of the human spirit - a spirit that demands self-expression .

Do what you think is right and let the law catch up.

Some may more quietly commemorate the suffering, struggle, and sacrifice that has triumphed over much of what was wrong with the original document, and observe the anniversary with hopes not realized and promises not fulfilled. I plan to celebrate the bicentennial of the Constitution as a living document, including the Bill of Rights and the other amendments protecting individual freedoms and human rights.

Classifications and distinctions based on race or color have no moral or legal validity in our society. They are contrary to our constitution and laws.