There May Be Some Incorrigible Human Beings

The Men Who Wrote The First Amendment Religion Clause Did Not View Paid Legislative Chaplains And Opening Prayers As A Violation Of That Amendment... The Practice Of Opening Sessions With Prayer Has Continued Without Interruption Ever Since That Early Session Of Congress. It Can Hardly Be Thought That In The Same Week The Members Of The First Congress Voted To Appoint And Pay A Chaplain For Each House And Also Voted To Approve The Draft Of The First Amendment... (that) They Intended To Forbid What They Had Just Declared Acceptable.

[no One Will Be Able To] Deter The Scientific Mind From Probing Into The Unknown Any More Than Canute Could Command The Tides.

The State May Justify A Limitation On Religious Liberty By Showing It Is Essential To Accomplish An Overriding Governmental Interest.

The Notion That Most People Want Black-robed Judges, Well-dressed Lawyers And Fine-paneled Courtrooms As The Setting To Resolve Their Disputes Is Not Correct. People With Problems, Like People With Pains, Want Relief, And They Want It As Quickly And Inexpensively As Possible.

We Are More Casual About Qualifying The People We Allow To Act As Advocates In The Courtroom Than We Are About Licensing Electricians.