The First Amendment provides the only kind of security system that can preserve a free government - one that leaves the way… — Hugo Black Copy Share Image
To the contrary, the government they devised was defective from the start, requiring several amendments, a civil war and momentous social transformation… — Thurgood Marshall Copy Share Image
So the Lincoln movie gets trashed because Connecticut voted for the amendment - not to mention how the people in Connecticut feel… — Nicholas Meyer Copy Share Image
If, in the opinion of the people, the distribution or modification of the constitutional powers be in any particular wrong, let it… — George Washington Copy Share Image
I believe if my opponent [Hillary Clinton] should win this race, which I truly don't think will happen, we will have a… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
Let them all believe whatever they want. It is pointless to go on radio shows and wrangle over mystical claims. However, such… — James A. Haught Copy Share Image
The DOJ has employed these investigations in communities across our nation to reform serious patterns and practices of force, biased policing and… — Stephanie Rawlings-Blake Copy Share Image
I feel that the justices that I am going to appoint - and I've named 20 of them - the justices that… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
In D.C., I've passed amendments to allocate $6.3 million to keep our waterways open for business, $1 million as a down payment… — Cedric Richmond Copy Share Image
We recognize the force of the argument that the effects of war under modern conditions may be felt in the economy for… — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
I do not believe that it can be too often repeated that the freedoms of speech, press, petition and assembly guaranteed by… — Hugo Black Copy Share Image
Disturbingly, the First Amendment, along with the Fourth Amendment - protecting against unreasonable searches and seizures, and requiring warrants - have been… — Chelsea Manning Copy Share Image
Our First Amendment expresses a far different calculus for regulating speech than for regulating nonexpressive conduct and that is as it should… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
One of the things I will do very early in my administration is to get rid of the Johnson Amendment so that… — Donald Trump 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 American people intuitively understand this, which is why the majority of Catholics practice birth control and some of those opposed to… — Barack Obama 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
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
The job description of mother is clearly in need of revision. As it stands, the shifts are 24 hours, for a period… — Mary Blakely 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
Now I realize it's fashionable in some circles to believe that no one in government should encourage others to read the Bible.… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
I do think if we take the power out of Washington and bring it back to the people, if we defend the… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
If you hit minorities they're gonna blame conservatives, Second Amendment, guns, and the terrorists won't get their due credit. So from now… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
The First Amendment...does not say that in every respect there shall be a separation of Church and State…Otherwise the state and religion… — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
In the national debate about a serious issue, it is the expression of the minority's viewpoint that most demands the protection of… — John Paul Stevens Copy Share Image
Stop judging life! Look at every event as blessed. It is offering you the fastest track to get onto your highest, happiest… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Pat Buchanan... was fired by MSNBC for doing nothing more than voicing his rock-solid conservative thoughts on the otherwise failing network... The… — Ted Nugent Copy Share Image
When the resolution of enslaving America was formed in Great Britain, the British parliament was advised by an artful man [Sir William… — George Mason Copy Share Image
Several amendments should be made to the primary and general election laws to improve them, but such changes must in no way… — Arthur Capper 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
The militia is the natural defense of a free country against sudden foreign invasions, domestic insurrections, and domestic usurpation of power by… — Joseph Story Copy Share Image
If our constitution had followed the style of Saint Paul, the First Amendment might have concluded: "But the greatest of these is… — Robert Kennedy Copy Share Image
I think the reality is that copyright law has for a very long time been a tiny little part of American jurisprudence,… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed; as they are in almost every kingdom of Europe. The supreme… — Noah Webster Copy Share Image
Desperate times require desperate measures. What Lincoln and the Lobbyist for the Amendment and the Manager of the Amendment and himself, what… — Steven Spielberg Copy Share Image
Our bill of rights has been shredded. The fourth amendment specifically prohibits the kind of activities the NSA is involved in domestically.… — Ray McGovern Copy Share Image
There is no separation of church and state. Modern US Supreme Courts have raped the Constitution and raped the Christian faith and… — Jerry Falwell Copy Share Image
Do the people of this land…desire to preserve those [liberties] protected by the First Amendment… If so, let them withstand all beginnings… — George Sutherland Copy Share Image
At the time of the adoption of the constitution, and of the amendment to it, now under consideration [i.e., the First Amendment],… — Joseph Story 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
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