Hugo Black Quotes about Church

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The Establishment Clause stands as an expression of principle on the part of the Founders of our Constitution that religion is too personal, too sacred, too holy, to permit its 'unhallowed perversion' by a civil

The Establishment Clause stands as an expression of principle on the part of the Founders of our Constitution that religion is too personal, too sacred, too holy, to permit its 'unhallowed perversion' by a civil magistrate.

Hugo Black

Expression, Church, Principles

"Engel v. Vitale, 370 U.S. 421". Writing for the court, 1962.

The First Amendment has erected a wall between church and state. That wall must be kept high and impregnable. We could not approve the slightest breach.

Hugo Black

Religious, Wall, Church

Writing for the court, Everson v. Board of Education, 330 U.S. 1, 1947.