Just as the right to speak and the right to refrain from speaking are complementary components of a broader concept of individual freedom of mind, so also the individual's freedom to choose his own creed is the counterpart of his right to refrain from accepting the creed established by the majority. -John Paul Stevens

 

Just as the right to speak and the right to refrain from speaking are complementary components of a broader concept of individual freedom of mind, so also the individual's freedom to choose his own creed is the counterpart of his right to refrain from accepting the creed established by the majority.


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Although it may not be a castle, [it is the] functional equivalent of a hotel room, a vacation and retirement home or a hunting and fishing cabin.

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Always allowed local policy-makers wide latitude in determining how best to achieve legitimate public goals.

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When the commission finds that a pig has entered the parlor, the exercise of its regulatory power does not depend on proof that the pig is obscene. -John Paul Stevens
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They may not be conscripted against their will as the foot soldiers in a federal crusade.

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The government must pursue a course of complete neutrality toward religion.

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To show a 'well-founded fear of persecution,' an alien need not prove that it is more likely than not that he or she will be persecuted in his or her home country. -John Paul Stevens
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It is not our job to apply laws that have not yet been written.

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