| Simpson’s Contemporary Quotations, compiled by James B. Simpson. 1988. |
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| NUMBER: | 1736 |
| AUTHOR: | Arthur J Goldberg, Associate Justice, US Supreme Court |
| QUOTATION: | The concept of neutrality can lead to … a brooding and pervasive devotion to the secular and a passive, or even active, hostility to the religious. Such results are not only not compelled by the Constitution, but, it seems to me, are prohibited by it. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Concurring but mitigating opinion in 8-1 ruling that declared religious exercises in public schools unconstitutional, 17 Jun 63 |
| SUBJECTS: | The World: Law: Judicial Opinions |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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