“The public schools are supported entirely, in most communities, by public funds-funds exacted not only from parents, nor alone from those who hold particular religious views, nor indeed from those who subscribe to any creed at all.” SchoolParentCommunityReligiousViewsAtheismParticularPositive AtheismFundCreedsPublic SchoolReligious Views Author:William J. Brennan
“The modern public school derived from a philosophy of freedom reflected in the First Amendment ... The non-sectarian or secular public school was the means of reconciling freedom in general with religious freedom.” FirstsMeanPhilosophySchoolReligiousAtheismModernPositive AtheismAmendmentsSecularPublic SchoolFirst AmendmentReligious Freedom Author:William J. Brennan
“If we are to be as a shining city upon a hill, it will be because of our ceaseless pursuit of the constitutional ideal of human dignity.” IfsHumansReligionCitiesAtheismIdealsDignityShiningPursuitHillsHuman Dignity Author:William J. Brennan
“Religious conflict can be the bloodiest and cruelest conflicts that turn people into fanatics.” PeopleTurnsReligiousAtheismConflictPositive AtheismFanaticsReligious Conflict Author:William J. Brennan
