...In Zorach v. Clauson, 343 US 306, 313 (1952), we gave specific recognition to the proposition that "[w]e are a religious people whose institutions presuppose a Supreme Being." The fact that the Founding Fathers believed devotedly that there was a God and that the unalienable rights...

...York released time case, when Mr. Justice Douglas, whose viewpoint now seems so extreme, had himself said : "We are a religious people whose institutions presuppose a Supreme Being * * *. When the state encourages religious instruction or cooperates with religious authorities by...

...Truly these would support the statement of the Supreme Court in the released time case when the Court said, "We are a religious people whose institutions presuppose a Supreme Being." The prayer and Bible reading cases are concerned with neither life nor property. The consideration then...

...In Zorach v. Clauson, 343 US 306, 313 (1952), we gave specific recognition to the proposition that "[w]e are a religious people whose institutions presuppose a Supreme Being." The fact that the Founding Fathers believed devotedly that there was a God and that the unalienable rights...

...In Zorach v. Clauson, 343 US 306, 313 (1952), we gave specific recognition to the proposition that "[w]e are a religious people whose institutions presuppose a Supreme Being." The fact that the Founding Fathers believed devotedly that there was a God and that the unalienable rights...

...Court said in Zorach v. Clauson, 343 US 306, at page 313, 72 S. Ct. 679, at page 684, 96 L. Ed. 954, 'We are a religious people whose institutions presuppose a Supreme Being'. The Declaration of Independence refers to 'the Supreme Judge of the world', and 'the protection of Divine...

...are molded by our religious heritage as a nation. As Justice Douglas observed, in Zorach v. Clauson, "We are a religious people whose institutions presuppose a Supreme Being." The foundation of our liberties, so Jefl'erson reminds us, rests on a conviction in the minds of the people...

...are molded by our religious heritage as a nation. As Justice Douglas observed, in Zorach v. Clauson, "We are a religious people whose institutions presuppose a Supreme Being." The foundation of our liberties, so Jefferson reminds us, rests on a conviction in the minds of the people...

...consistently applied. It retracted it in a later opinion, in which Mr. Justice Douglas, writing for the Court, said, "We are a religious people whose institutions presuppose a supreme being." Then it went back to the neutrality principle in later cases. Or more precisely, it went back to an...

...coinage, in our National anthem, and in the Pledge of Allegiance. As the Supreme Court stated in 1952, "We are a religious people whose institutions presuppose a Supreme Being." The founders of our Nation and the framers of the First Amendment did not intend to forbid public prayer....