Amendments Quotes

I think it's unconstitutional on the 10th Amendment front.

— Mitt Romney

In Cyberspace, the First Amendment is a local ordinance.

— John Perry Barlow

We don't need a constitutional amendment for kids to pray.

— William J. Clinton

I want to regain my First Amendment rights.

— Laura Schlessinger

The Second Amendment is not really a right.

— Rosie O'Donnell

Donald Trump is a staunch believer in the Second Amendment.

— Sean Hannity

The Fourth Amendment doesn't apply to corporations.

— Al Franken

We are going to save our Second Amendment.

— Donald Trump

I ask you sir, who are the militia? They consist now of the whole people.

— George Mason

The Constitution says nothing about anchor babies. The 14th Amendment says nothing about birthright citizenship.

— Rush Limbaugh

Hillary Clinton is apparently very happy about [Barack] Obama clamping down on your 2nd Amendment rights.

— Sean Hannity

A free people ought not only to be armed, but disciplined; to which end a uniform and well-digested plan is requisite

— George Washington

It has been pretty much downhill ever since the 13th amendment

— Zach Braff

One who comes to the Court must come to adore, not to protest. That's the new gloss on the First Amendment.

— William O. Douglas

Is any blogger out there saying anything—do they deserve First Amendment protection? These are the issues of our times.

— Lindsey Graham

The First Amendment...begins with the five loveliest words in the English language: 'Congress shall make no law'.

— George Will

The First Amendment is now being used by the secularists of our day as a cattle prod to herd conservative religious people…

— Pat Swindall

The First Amendment was designed to allow for disruption of business as usual. It is not a quiet and subdued amendment or…

— Naomi Wolf

The prima facie evidence provision in this case ignores all of the contextual factors that are necessary to decide whether a particular…

— Sandra Day O'Connor

The current total of countries in the world with First Amendments is one. You have guaranteed freedom of speech. Other countries don't…

— Neil Gaiman

[Liberals] are always accusing us of repressing their speech. I say let's do it. Let's repress them. ... Frankly, I'm not a…

— Ann Coulter

The dominant purpose of the First Amendment was to prohibit the widespread practice of government suppression of embarrassing information.

— Anonymous

If the Tenth Amendment were still taken seriously, most of the federal government's present activities would not exist. That's why no one…

— Thomas Woods

When liberals advocate a value-added tax, conservatives should respond: Taxing consumption has merits, so we will consider it - after the 16th…

— George Will

Between being praised and persecuted condoned and condemned I might understandably have become bewildered particularly at the brand of ethics sometimes displayed…

— Vashti McCollum

The Framers of the First Amendment were not concerned with preventing government from abridging their freedom to speak about crops and cockfighting,…

— George Will

Leftists would like to pretend that any criticism of their views raises the specter of domestic repression. But in a country with…

— Andrew Sullivan

But even if he has been wicked," pursued Rose, "think how young he is; think that he may never have known a…

— Charles Dickens

I'd say that [Louis] Brandeis practiced a kind of a "living originalism," to use the title of Jack Balkin's great book. He…

— Jeffrey Rosen

The First and Fourteenth Amendments say that Congress and the States shall make "no law" which abridges freedom of speech or of…

— William O. Douglas

For the Fourth Amendment protects people, not places. What a person knowingly exposes to the public, even in his own home or…

— Potter Stewart

The classic example I've used - I'm sure you've heard me say it before - was Mark Begich in Alaska who was…

— Mitch McConnell

Some men look at Constitutions with sanctimonious reverence, and deem them, like the ark of the covenant, too sacred to be touched.…

— Thomas Jefferson

The men who wrote the First Amendment religion clause did not view paid legislative chaplains and opening prayers as a violation of…

— Warren E. Burger

Until the 1930s, the Constitution served as a major constraint on federal economic interventionism. The government's powers were understood to be just…

— Robert Higgs

... if you're poor and ignorant, with a child, you're a slave. Meaning that you're never going to get out of it.…

— Joycelyn Elders

...The Bill of Rights is a literal and absolute document. The First Amendment doesn't say you have a right to speak out…

— Harry Browne

It is not certain that with this aid alone [possession of arms], they would not be able to shake off their yokes.…

— James Madison

Perhaps the deterioration of American education is illustrated by the high correlation between the number of years a person has attended school…

— Sheldon Richman

The Internet may fairly be regarded as a never-ending worldwide conversation. The government may not, through the , interrupt that conversation... As…

— Stewart Dalzell