Donald Trump seems to think it is within his rights to trample the First Amendment, to disdain the press, to punish protesters… — David Remnick Copy Share Image
Religious people are now finding that the First Amendment is being used to herd them into a social ghetto, separated and walled… — Pat Swindall Copy Share Image
The First Amendment is not an altar on which we must sacrifice our children, families, and community standards. Obscene material that is… — Orrin Hatch Copy Share Image
I'm a constitutionalist. You know, does faith matter to me? Sure. But the beauty of the Constitution, the beauty of the First… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
[I]t's not just the books under fire now that worry me. It is the books that will never be written. The books… — Judy Blume Copy Share Image
Motion pictures are of course a different medium of expression than the public speech, the radio, the stage, the novel, or the… — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
A campaign ought to demonstrate the basic human decency of the candidate. That means your First Amendment rights end at the tip… — Mike Pence Copy Share Image
The First Amendment is not a blanket freedom-of-information act. The constitutional newsgathering freedom means the media can go where the public can,… — George Will Copy Share Image
I try to practice my religion in a very devout way and follow the teachings of my church in my own personal… — Tim Kaine Copy Share Image
You could say that the paparazzi and the tabloids are sort of the 'assault weapons' of the First Amendment. They're ugly, a… — Charlton Heston Copy Share Image
“First Amendment freedoms are most in danger when the government seeks to control thought or to justify its laws for that impermissible… — Anthony M. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Under the Obama regime, the president and his allies are intentional in pursuing these conflicts from the perspective that you must sacrifice… — Bobby Jindal Copy Share Image
No one has a First Amendment right to lie to a federal agency in order to claim an improper tax status in… — Sheldon Whitehouse Copy Share Image
The censor is always quick to justify his function in terms that are protective of society. But the First Amendment, written in… — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
The "establishment of religion" clause of the First Amendment means at least this: Neither a state nor the Federal Government can set… — Hugo Black Copy Share Image
For the first 200 years of our nation's history, corporations were never defined by the courts as persons with free speech rights… — John Bonifaz Copy Share Image
As both a First Amendment absolutist and as an American, I want to keep our government as far away from our press… — Kat Timpf Copy Share Image
This separation was absolute in our original Republic. But the sky-godders do not give up easily. In the 1950s they actually got… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
If a corporation can express opinions and be protected in doing so by the First Amendment, then there's no reason logically one… — Ken Cuccinelli Copy Share Image
Senator majority leader, Mitch McConnell, slammed [Donald] Trump's comments about burning the American flag which is protected under the first amendment should… — Chuck Todd Copy Share Image
They say that if you voted for Donald Trump, you're a threat to the university community. But the real threat is silencing… — Betsy DeVos Copy Share Image
Tolerance is a one-way street in the Age of Obama. 'Choice' is in the eye (and iron fist) of the First Amendment… — Michelle Malkin Copy Share Image
We have a First Amendment for good reasons. We need a free press because without an educated electorate we cannot have a… — Jill Stein Copy Share Image
We don't have the freedom of speech to talk about the weather. We have the first amendment so we can say some… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
My brothers and sisters in arms fought so that our five fundamental freedoms, enshrined in the First Amendment, could never be undermined,… — Brian Mast Copy Share Image
Government censorship of speech with which it disagrees not only violates the First Amendment, but is antithetical to the American system, which… — Bill Hagerty Copy Share Image
If there be time to expose through discussion the falsehood and fallacies, to avert the evil by the processes of education, the… — Louis D. Brandeis Copy Share Image
So the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund is out there preserving and fighting for, and sometimes winning and sometimes losing, the fight… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
“Baptists at their schools and charities. Assault on the First Amendment’s Protection of Religious Freedom and Conscience Ken Blackwell, co-author of The… — Floyd G Brown Copy Share Image
It is true that many Americans find the Commandments in accord with their personal beliefs. But we do not count heads before… — Sandra Day O'Connor Copy Share Image
False religions like Islam who teach that you must worship this way, are completely opposite with what our First Amendment stands for. — Roy Moore Copy Share Image
Whatever one's religion in his private life may be, for the officeholder, nothing takes precedence over his oath to uphold the Constitution… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
There is never a shortage anywhere of lawyers eager to attack the First Amendment, as though it were nothing more than a… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
I must acknowledge God. It says so in the Constitution of Alabama. It says so in the First Amendment of the Constitution. — Roy Moore Copy Share Image
The First Amendment serves not only the needs of the polity but also those of the human spirit- a spirit that demands… — Thurgood Marshall Copy Share Image
It's perfectly within [Martin Peretz] rights [to fire a journalist]. It's a private - you know, th - it's not censorship. The… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
The DISCLOSE Act is a testament to the wisdom of the Supreme Court's decision in Citizens United. The First Amendment sought to… — Bradley A. Smith Copy Share Image
But it's hard to talk about art. Maybe there should be a law against it, some First Amendment gag order like crying… — Stanley Elkin Copy Share Image
The net effect of the distortion of the First Amendment is to require that wherever the state is, religion must be excluded. — Pat Swindall Copy Share Image
The First Amendment makes confidence in the common sense of our people and in the maturity of their judgement the great postulate… — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
![“[I]t's not just the books under fire now that worry me. It is the books that will never be written. The books that will never be read. And all due to the fear of censorship. As always, young readers will be the real losers.” quote by Judy Blume](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/976/judy-blume-2002_book_i-t-s-not-just-the-books-under-fire-now_2968936.png)
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![“It's perfectly within [Martin Peretz] rights [to fire a journalist]. It's a private - you know, th - it's not censorship. The First Amendment doesn't come into play because it's a private magazine.” quote by Nat Hentoff](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/c14/nat-hentoff-1615_amendments_it-s-perfectly-within-martin-peretz-righ_1276212.png)
