Do What You Think Is

The First Amendment Serves Not Only The Needs Of The Polity But Also Those Of The Human Spirit - A Spirit That Demands Self-expression .

Surely The Fact That A Uniformed Police Officer Is Wearing His Hair Below His Collar Will Make Him No Less Identifiable As A Policeman.

Our Whole Constitutional Heritage Rebels At The Thought Of Giving Government The Power To Control Men's Minds.

To The Contrary, The Government They Devised Was Defective From The Start, Requiring Several Amendments, A Civil War And Momentous Social Transformation To Attain The System Of Constitutional Government, And Its Respect For The Individual Freedoms And Human Rights, We Hold As Fundamental Today.

Today's Constitution Is A Realistic Document Of Freedom Only Because Of Several Corrective Amendments. Those Amendments Speak To A Sense Of Decency And Fairness That I And Other Blacks Cherish.