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Quotation from Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District by Supreme Court of the United States
“It may be that the Nation has outworn the old-fashioned slogan that "children are to be seen not heard," but one may, I hope, be permitted to harbor the thought that taxpayers send children to school on the premise that at their age they need to learn, not teach.”
Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District, Dissent of Justice Black (U.S. Reports text (Wikisource))
Justice Black defends the authority of schools over the expression of their pupils.
Citation: "It may be that the Nation has outworn the old-fashioned slogan that "children are to be seen not heard," but one may, I hope, be permitted to harbor the thought that taxpayers send children to school on the premise that at their age they need to learn, not teach." — Supreme Court of the United States, Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District, Dissent of Justice Black (U.S. Reports text (Wikisource)). (id tinker-v-des-moines-q4)
Portrait: SCOTUS Justice Abe Fortas, Supreme Court of the United States, Public domain.
