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Many Think It Not Only Inevitable But Entirely Proper That Liberty Give Way To Security In Times Of National Crisis--that, At The Extremes Of Military Exigency, Inter Arma Silent Leges. Whatever The General Merits Of The View That War Silences Law Or Modulates Its Voice, That View Has No Place In The Interpretation And Application Of A Constitution Designed Precisely To Confront War And, In A Manner That Accords With Democratic Principles, To Accommodate It.

The Right Of Parents To Direct The Upbringing Of Their Children Is Among The Unalienable Rights With Which The Declaration Of Independence Proclaims 'all Men Are Endowed By Their Creator.'

[if Critics Of The Pledge Of Allegiance Persuaded The Public It Should Be Changed] Then We Could Eliminate Under God From The Pledge Of Allegiance, That Could Be Democratically Done.

If It Were Up To Me, I Would Put In Jail Every Sandal-wearing, Scruffy-bearded Weirdo Who Burns The American Flag. But I Am Not King.

With Respect To Public Acknowledgment Of Religious Belief, It Is Entirely Clear From Our Nation's Historical Practices That The Establishment Clause Permits This Disregard Of Polytheists And Believers In Unconcerned Deities, Just As It Permits The Disregard Of Devout Atheists.