To the ACLU, the First Amendment speaks more directly to freedom from religion than it does to freedom of religion. — William Anthony Donohue Copy Share Image
I am a firm supporter of the First Amendment, no matter the views expressed. — Ted Wheeler Copy Share Image
I would bet there is no place in the United States where the First Amendment would survive intact. — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
When you pick up a guitar, you don't put down your First Amendment rights. — Tom Morello Copy Share Image
They ought to put an amendment to the First Amendment that says there shall also be freedom of hearing. — Tom Smothers Copy Share Image
I believe in the First Amendment. But I also believe we should be mindful of how other people feel. — Theo Epstein Copy Share Image
“If you defend free speech for bigots but not to combat bigotry, then you believe in bigotry, not free speech.” — DaShanne Stokes Copy Share Image
The First Amendment right to religious liberty should withstand the test of an illegal vaccine mandate. — Ronny Jackson Copy Share Image
The spirit of the First Amendment has been effectively repealed for conservative speech by a censorious, accusatory mob. — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
Pulling a crystalline, cogent rule out of the murk of the court's First Amendment, public forum, and Establishment Clause doctrine is an… — Dahlia Lithwick Copy Share Image
In the U.S., free speech and the press are protected by the First Amendment. It has a clarity unmatched by modern legislators… — Jacob Rees-Mogg Copy Share Image
Under the First Amendment there is no such thing as a false idea. However pernicious an opinion may seem, we depend for… — Lewis F. Powell, Jr Copy Share Image
We have a First Amendment right to burn the flag as symbolic speech. The Constitution protects that right. To spend time and… — Deborah K. Ross Copy Share Image
I think it is appropriate that we pay tribute to this great constitutional principle which is enshrined in the First Amendment of… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
We don't have an Official Secrets Act in the United States, as other countries do. Under the First Amendment, freedom of the… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
Government...may not be hostile to any religion or to the advocacy of no-religion; and it may not aid, foster, or promote one… — Abe Fortas Copy Share Image
What James Madison and the other men of his generation had in mind when they wrote the First Amendment was that there… — Sam Ervin Copy Share Image
The Framers of the First Amendment were not concerned with preventing government from abridging their freedom to speak about crops and cockfighting,… — George Will Copy Share Image
Between being praised and persecuted condoned and condemned I might understandably have become bewildered particularly at the brand of ethics sometimes displayed… — Vashti McCollum Copy Share Image
From a constitutional standpoint, the religion of a candidate is supposed to make no difference. Even before the founding fathers dreamed up… — Noah Feldman Copy Share Image
I do believe that religious liberty, the First Amendment, gay rights, and transgender equality can all coexist. I'm also a constitutionalist, and… — Nancy Mace Copy Share Image
Leftists would like to pretend that any criticism of their views raises the specter of domestic repression. But in a country with… — Andrew Sullivan Copy Share Image
“[P]olitical speech does not lose First Amendment protection "simply because its source is a corporation". Otherwise, there would be nothing in the… — David E. Bernstein Copy Share Image
The Internet may fairly be regarded as a never-ending worldwide conversation. The government may not, through the C.D.A., interrupt that conversation. As… — Stewart Dalzell Copy Share Image
“[T]here is both an intrinsic and instrumental value to privacy. Intrinsically, privacy is precious to the extent that it is a component… — John W. Whitehead Copy Share Image
“We should be alert to oppose the potential significance of the fact that some government officials and public policy advocates are describing… — Dallin H. Oaks Copy Share Image
“Once the government can demand of a publisher the names of the purchasers of his publications, the free press as we know… — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
The Constitution exists precisely so that opinions and judgments, including esthetic and moral judgments about art and literature, can be formed, tested,… — Anthony Kennedy Copy Share Image
At the heart of the First Amendment is the recognition of the fundamental importance of the free flow of ideas and opinions… — William Rehnquist Copy Share Image
Breaking the United States up into a number of pieces could be very good for the integration of those new nations with… — David Swanson Copy Share Image
“From gun shows, where they openly promote their product by imploring customers to buy “while you still can,” to homegrown militias who… — Trae Crowder Copy Share Image
Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between man and his God, that he owes account to none… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The First Amendment was designed to protect offensive speech, because nobody ever tries to ban the other kind. — Mike Godwin Copy Share Image
Every new and successful example of a perfect separation between ecclesiastical and civil matters is of importance. — James Madison Copy Share Image
I think the moment anybody seriously tampers with the First Amendment, you're going to see an outcry. — Seymour Hersh Copy Share Image
This is a serious problem that will lead to a serious debate about the first amendment. — Newt Gingrich Copy Share Image
The First Amendment was written by the Founders to protect the free exercise of Christianity. — Bryan Fischer Copy Share Image
Privacy is not explicitly spelled out in the Constitution as freedom of speech is in the First Amendment. — Larry Flynt Copy Share Image
“the First Amendment exists to protect controversial speech, not speech we love that ruffles no feathers.” — Megyn Kelly Copy Share Image
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