The First Amendment's protections have always put a great deal of responsibility in our hands: not only to respect the power of… — Jon Lovett Copy Share Image
They're Democrats always accusing us of repressing their speech. I say let's do it. Let's repress them. Frankly, I'm not a big… — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
The First Amendment isn't about free thought and free opinion and free belief. The First Amendment is about free exercise: the carrying… — Alan Keyes Copy Share Image
The idea that corporations have the same First Amendment protections of free speech as people is troubling. Corporations are not people. They… — Hank Johnson Copy Share Image
The First Amendment has erected a wall between church and state. That wall must be kept high and impregnable. We could not… — Hugo Black Copy Share Image
Under the First Amendment's prohibition of the establishment of religion, the Court has steadily made religion a matter for the private individual… — Robert Bork Copy Share Image
If we don't have the ability to keep and bear arms, then who knows when they are going to decide they want… — Ronny Jackson Copy Share Image
The first amendment is freedom of speech of what you believe in, if you speak something its your right to say what… — Jenny The Jawbreaker Copy Share Image
All these people talk so eloquently about getting back to good old-fashioned values. Well, as an old poop I can remember back… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
Think about it: If you were publicly branded a racist on an issue of public debate, might you not next time hesitate… — Tom Fitton Copy Share Image
“Every new & successful example therefore of a perfect separation between ecclesiastical and civil matters , is of importance. And I have… — James Madison Copy Share Image
When they took the Fourth Amendment, I was silent because I don't deal drugs. When they took the Sixth Amendment, I kept… — Tim Freeman Copy Share Image
In 70s America, protest used to be very effective, but in subsequent decades municipalities have sneakily created a web of 'overpermiticisation' -… — Naomi Wolf Copy Share Image
The first phrase of the First Amendment spoke to the freedom uppermost in Jefferson's mind when it provided that, 'Congress shall make… — Edwin Gaustad Copy Share Image
I understand that unless you have a government of laws, rather than a government of people, you cannot protect dissent. And I… — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
Laws protecting the United States flag do not cut away at the freedom of speech guaranteed in the First Amendment... Congress made… — Larry Craig Copy Share Image
“You can make a successful run for political office in this country without an especially thick résumé, any exceptional talent for expressing… — Frank Bruni Copy Share Image
The First Amendment defends all forms of speech including hate speech, which is why groups like Ku Klux Klan are allowed to… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
But I know newspapers. They have the first amendment and they can tell any lie knowing it's a lie and they're protected… — Steve Wozniak Copy Share Image
I do believe that supporting our First Amendment rights and supporting local law enforcement are not mutually exclusive. — Steve Clevenger Copy Share Image
“I cannot believe that Muffy just called the First Amendment fiddle-faddle. Fiddle Faddle is a delicious candy-coated popcorn snack food. It has… — Meg Cabot Copy Share Image
The very reason for the First Amendment is to make the people of this country free to think, speak, write and worship… — Hugo Black Copy Share Image
I love the protest signs protected by the First Amendment - some of them humorous, some of them passionate, some factual, some… — Jennifer Granholm Copy Share Image
There's, under Obama, an epidemic has developed of abusing national security laws to crack down on legitimate use of the First Amendment. — Julian Assange Copy Share Image
I'm really proud of this Supreme Court and the way they've been dealing with the issue of First Amendment political speech. — Mitch McConnell Copy Share Image
“You’re suppressing my first amendment rights,” she said, voice muffled. “You don’t live in America; you live in the United States… — Lauren Gilley Copy Share Image
Concerning First Amendment fetishism - A federal subsidy for a photo of a crucifix suspended in a jar of urine is fine,… — Don Feder Copy Share Image
A lot of people in the adult population have a very limited idea as to why they are Americans, why we have… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
The first amendment gives us the liberty of expression, of religion, and assembly. Sometimes we don't like what people have to say,… — Ruben Diaz Sr Copy Share Image
All ideas having even the slightest redeeming social importance - unorthodox ideas, controversial ideas, even ideas hateful to the prevailing climate of… — William J. Brennan Copy Share Image
Lately the First Amendment has been interpreted to deny equal protection of the law to those who believe in God. The Constitution… — Jack Kemp Copy Share Image
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals agreed, and software has been treated as a form of speech ever since. So if software… — Laura Sydell Copy Share Image
Oliver Darcy is a perpetual victim. He is constantly advocating for people to be banned and silenced. As a member of the… — Laura Loomer Copy Share Image
Nothing's riding on this, except the First Amendment to the Constitution, freedom of the press and maybe the future of the country.… — Ben Bradlee Copy Share Image
I remember when TV networks believed in the First Amendment. It is a messed up situation when Miley Cyrus gets a laugh,… — Bobby Jindal Copy Share Image
People may be due the benefits of a democratic electoral process. But in the United States, content curators appropriately have a First… — Jonathan Zittrain Copy Share Image
That wall, embodied in the First Amendment, is perhaps America's most important contribution to political progress on this planet. — Lowell P. Weicker, Jr Copy Share Image
No one respects the First Amendment more than I do. People have a right to express their concerns and their hopes and… — Anthony Foxx Copy Share Image
I try to do that in this book without preaching - to try to do as you just said that you really… — Floyd Abrams Copy Share Image
Every legislative limitation upon utterance, however valid, may in a particular case serve as an inroad upon the freedom of speech which… — Stanley Forman Reed Copy Share Image
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