Justice Robert H. Jackson Quote

“If there is any fixed star in our constitutional constellation, it is that no official, high or petty, can prescribe what shall be orthodox in politics, nationalism, religion, or other matters of opinion or force citizens to confess by word or act their faith therein.”

Justice Robert H. Jackson

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Mike, Norwalk    8/14/07

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Robert, Sarasota    8/14/07

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E Archer, NYC    8/14/07

Tell that to the FBI...

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Ken, Allyn, WA    8/14/07

...unless it is to believe in global warming or the value of diversity, two modern day religions with no basis in observable fact.

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warren, olathe    8/22/07

Another right winger.

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Mike, Norwalk warren, olathe 2/25/19

warren, by what scale are using to describe the above tyrant "right winger"?

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Anonymous    11/18/10

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anon, anon town    2/14/17

Quoted from the West Virginia Board of Education vs. Barnette Supreme Court case.

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Fredrick William Sillik, Anytown    7/11/23

Shouldn't we be a principled being?

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Ronw13, ID    7/12/23

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