Banning guns because of their misuse is like banning the First Amendment because one might libel or slander. — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
If we don't believe in free expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
A free people ought not only to be armed, but disciplined; to which end a uniform and well-digested plan is requisite — George Washington Copy Share Image
The American people must be assured that no federal agency can trample their First Amendment rights. — Mark Meadows Copy Share Image
Is any blogger out there saying anything—do they deserve First Amendment protection? These are the issues of our times. — Lindsey Graham Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
The basis of the First Amendment is the hypothesis that speech can rebut speech, propaganda will answer propaganda, free debate of ideas… — Fred M. Vinson Copy Share Image
If the Constitution was a movie, the Preamble would be the trailer, the First Amendment the establishing shot, the 13th the crowd… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
It was precisely my love of the First Amendment that made me join sidewalk activists in 2010 to support an Islamic community… — Mona Eltahawy Copy Share Image
I would never jeopardize classified information. I served my country well and loyally, and I had to sue the C.I.A. on First… — Valerie Plame Copy Share Image
If there is a bedrock principle underlying the First Amendment, it is that the government may not prohibit the expression of an… — William J. Brennan Copy Share Image
The right really dominates radio, and it's amazing how much energy the right spends telling us that the press is slanted to… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
Librarians see themselves as the guardians of the First Amendment. You got a thousand Mother Joneses at the barricades! I love the… — Michael Moore Copy Share Image
The First Amendment is the First Amendment for a reason - our most cherished right. But it often creates muddy and uncomfortable… — Rod Lurie Copy Share Image
Remember: the ratings system is a voluntary infringement of First Amendment rights, an uneasy bargain between the needs of parents, the needs… — Marshall Herskovitz Copy Share Image
People cited violation of the First Amendment when a New Jersey schoolteacher asserted that evolution and the Big Bang are not scientific… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
If we set the precedent of limiting the First Amendment, in order to protect the sensibilities of those who are offended by… — Edward Kennedy Copy Share Image
“ Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of… — United States Congress Copy Share Image
If you see the rhetoric from coming out of the Democrats is that they're pro-civil liberties, and an important part of civil… — Julian Assange Copy Share Image
As a sitting federal judge, I am bound by the Supreme Court's current First Amendment caselaw, and I would apply the binding… — Ketanji Brown Jackson Copy Share Image
Donald Trump creates scapegoats in Muslims and Mexican immigrants. He calls for the use of torture. He calls for killing the innocent… — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
The Constitution, in addition to delegating certain enumerated powers to Congress, places whole areas outside the reach of Congress' regulatory authority. The… — Clarence Thomas Copy Share Image
“Government in our democracy, state and national, must be neutral in matters of religious theory, doctrine, and practice. It may not be… — Abe Fortas Copy Share Image
“Repeatedly courts turned to the First Amendment. The right to speak is fundamental, but is limited or regulated under myriad circumstances. You… — Michael Waldman Copy Share Image
“When the Washington Post telephoned me at home on Valentine's Day 1989 to ask my opinion about the Ayatollah Khomeini's fatwah ,… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
...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 Copy Share Image
“Here is how I propose to end book-banning in this country once and for all: Every candidate for school committee should be… — Kurt Vonnegut Jr Copy Share Image
“From time to time our national history has been marred by forgetfulness of the Jeffersonian principle that restraint is at the heart… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
I've always wondered if people who block each other from expressing their opinions do so because they have so little confidence in… — Michael Bloomberg Copy Share Image
If America has a civic religion, the First Amendment is its central article of faith. — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
As to the media, they are protected by the First Amendment, as they should be. — L. Neil Smith Copy Share Image
The First Amendment...begins with the five loveliest words in the English language: 'Congress shall make no law'. — George Will Copy Share Image
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