A dose of poison can do its work but once. A bad book can go on poisoning minds for generations.

God help the patient.

The law protects nothing in that very respect, in which it is, at the same time, in the eye of the law, a crime.

It is iniquitous, unjust, and most impolitic to persecute for religion's sake. It is against natural religion, revealed religion, and sound policy.

Humanism or atheism is a wonderful philosophy of life as long as you are big, strong, and between the ages of eighteen and thirty-five. But watch out if you are in a lifeboat and there are others who are younger, bigger, or smarter.

There is no positive law: Many things are bad by that, which otherwise were not.

The expenses of the paperwork and court fees involved in pursuing the appeal through the courts were not too high. In fact, as I recall, removing prayer from U.S. public schools cost less than $20,000... no Christian organization filed a brief in support of our opponents.