stirs people to anger

We are a religious people whose institutions presuppose a Supreme Being. . . . We find no such Constitutional requirement which makes it necessary for government to be hostile to religion and to throw its weight against efforts to widen the effective scope of religious influence. . . . The First Amendment does not say that in every and all respects there shall be a separation of church and state.

We are a religious people whose institutions presuppose a Supreme Being.

It seemed to me that I had barely reached the Court when people were trying to get me off.

The Constitution is not neutral. It was designed to take the government off the backs of people.

The First Amendment makes confidence in the common sense of our people and in the maturity of their judgment the great postulate of our democracy.