The First Amendment of the Constitution was not written to protect the people from religion; that amendment was written to protect religion… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
When I think of civil liberties I think of the founding principles of the country. The freedoms that are in the First… — Tim Cook Copy Share Image
Well for one, the 13th amendment to the constitution of the US which abolished slavery - did not abolish slavery for those… — Angela Davis Copy Share Image
My own idea, for what it is worth, is that all sadness which is not either arising from the repentance of a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
That useful alterations will be suggested by experience, could not but be foreseen . . . . It moreover equally enables the… — James Madison 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
There is a First Amendment right to speak in a encrypted way.... The right to speak P.G.P. is like the right to… — Eben Moglen Copy Share Image
I am for the First Amendment from the first word to the last. I believe it means what it says. — Hugo Black Copy Share Image
[T]he present Constitution is the standard to which we are to cling. Under its banners, bona fide must we combat our political… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
I have come to the conclusion that the 22nd Amendment [limiting the presidency to two terms] was a mistake. Shouldn't the people… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
I think all these reverend gentlemen who insist on the word 'obey' in the marriage service should be removed for a clear… — Elizabeth Cady Stanton Copy Share Image
The Google guys haven't even found a way to put abortion in the Constitution yet. Give 'em time. Give the Google guys… — Rush Limbaugh 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
The media has been very bad about informing us about what is going on. They focus on surface things. They do not… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
What I would like to see is for people to come together and say: Of course we're going to protect and defend… — Hillary Clinton 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
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
An unconditional right to say what one pleases about public affairs is what I consider to be the minimum guarantee of the… — Hugo Black Copy Share Image
It is the fundamental right of every American, as guaranteed by the first amendment of the Constitution, to worship as he or… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
You're telling me that the separation of church and state is found in the First Amendment? — Christine O'Donnell Copy Share Image
I strongly believe that the Second Amendment creates an individual right to possess and use guns for purposes of both hunting and… — Cass Sunstein Copy Share Image
She is running around talking about how this is an insult to sportsmen, how she values the Second Amendment. She's talking like… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The First Amendment doesn't give anybody the right to be heard. People don't have to listen to you. — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
Reading their letters and the First Amendment of the US Constitution, I infer that this nation's founders noted that religions have been… — Bill Nye Copy Share Image
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