Arms, like laws, discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe and preserve order... — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
I would rather die than be in the United States Senate. I would be bored to death. Could you imagine me, banging… — Chris Christie Copy Share Image
A lot of people are talking about defunding planned parenthood, as if that's a huge game changer. I think it's time to… — Mike Huckabee Copy Share Image
O sir, we should have fine times, indeed, if, to punish tyrants, it were only sufficient to assemble the people! Your arms,… — Patrick Henry Copy Share Image
The first amendment ensures not that speech will be fair, but that it will be free. It cannot be both. — David Mamet Copy Share Image
One of the things that I'm doing and I'm - we have the Johnson Amendment. You know what that is. That Lyndon… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
I have worked to expand the health care debate beyond the current for-profit system, to include a public option and an amendment… — Dennis Kucinich Copy Share Image
There is absolutely no disconnect between common sense gun safety measures and protecting the Second Amendment rights of gun owners. — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
This is a serious problem that will lead to a serious debate about the first amendment, but I think that the national… — Newt Gingrich 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
It's part of the Constitution. People have the right to bear arms. Then the restrictions of it have to be reasonable and… — Rudy Giuliani Copy Share Image
Besides the advantage of being armed, which the Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation, the existence of subordinate… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Many who confess their venial sins out of custom and concern for order but without thought of amendment remain burdened with them… — Saint Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
The functionaries of public power rarely strengthen in their dispositions to abridge it, and an unorganized call for timely amendment is not… — Thomas Jefferson 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
We seek a constitutional amendment to permit voluntary school prayer. God should never have been expelled from America's classrooms in the first… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Violating the 4th Amendment guarantees against illegal searches and seizures is not the way to solve crime problems. — Tim Wise Copy Share Image
I wish the constitution, which is offered, had been made more perfect; but I sincerely believe it is the best that could… — George Washington 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
Whatever right the Second Amendment protects is not as important as it was 200 years ago... The government should deconstitutionalize the subject… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I think that for most of our history, there was a nuanced reading of the Second Amendment until the decision by the… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
We are going to fight to pass the long over-due Equal Rights Amendment. — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
President Bush has a record of cutting taxes, has provided a prescription drug benefit for seniors, has upheld the Second Amendment and… — Bill Shuster Copy Share Image
