"History teaches us that there have been but few infringements of personal liberty by the state which have not been justified, as they are here, in the name of righteousness and the public good, and few which have not been directed, as they are now, at politically helpless minorities."
From Supreme Court Justice Harlan Fiske Stone's dissent in the 1940 opinion, Minnersville School District v. Gobitis,
where the court ruled 8-1 that Jehovah's Witnesses could be compelled to swear allegiance to the American flag.
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From Supreme Court Justice Harlan Fiske Stone's dissent in the 1940 opinion, Minnersville School District v. Gobitis,
where the court ruled 8-1 that Jehovah's Witnesses could be compelled to swear allegiance to the American flag.
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