Amendments Quotes · Page 4

It's either the Amendment or this Confederate peace. You cannot have both.

— David Strathairn

In my political career, I'd like to see a constitutional balanced budget amendment.

— Ken Buck

The Second Amendment of our Bill of Rights is my Concealed Weapons Permit, period.

— Ted Nugent

You're telling me that the separation of church and state is found in the First Amendment?

— Christine O'Donnell

The Second Amendment isn't about duck hunting or target shooting.

— Massad Ayoob

I believe if we introduced the Lord's Prayer here, senators would propose a large number of amendments to it.

— Henry Wilson

Laws that forbid the carrying of arms disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes.

— Thomas Jefferson

It's our last chance [November 8, 2016]. And that includes Supreme Court justices and Second Amendment. Remember that.

— Donald Trump

The Fifth Amendment is an old friend and a good friend, one of the great landmarks in men's struggle to be free…

— William O. Douglas

The First Amendment serves not only the needs of the polity but also those of the human spirit- a spirit that demands…

— Thurgood Marshall

What we've seen in Louisiana - the breakdown of law and order in the aftermath of disaster - is exactly the kind…

— Wayne LaPierre

I'm knocking our pitiful, pathetic lawmakers. And I thank God that President Bush has stated, we need a Constitutional amendment that states…

— Jimmy Swaggart

If were going to change the laws, lets change them in ways which makes it easier to catch criminals, and yet at…

— John Dingell

I believe we can have common sense gun safety measures consistent with the Second Amendment, and, in fact, what I have proposed…

— Hillary Clinton

Is Donald Trump a serious candidate? The reason I ask this is, if you're going to close the Internet, realize, America, what…

— Rand Paul

The First Amendment was specifically designed for citizens to insult politicians. Libel laws were written to protect law students speaking out on…

— Bill Maher

It just seems to be a human trait to want to protect the speech of people with whom we agree. For the…

— Floyd Abrams

There are two amendments only which I am anxious for: 1. A bill of rights, which it is so much the interest…

— Thomas Jefferson

I support and have always supported passage of a federal constitutional amendment that defines marriage as a union between one man and…

— Mike Huckabee

Outlawing religion form the political arena is not what the Founding Fathers intended when they drafted the First Amendment. We do a…

— Bill Bright

The Second Amendment, like the rest of the Bill of Rights, was meant to inhibit only the federal government, not the states.…

— Joseph Sobran

While 45 of the 50 States have either a State constitutional amendment or a statute that preserves the current definition of marriage,…

— John Boehner

That's what Donald Trump said when he starts talking about, "The Second Amendment people might have..." "You're not taking my guns. No…

— Rush Limbaugh

My excellent colleagues have forgotten these bitter lessons of history. The prospect of tyranny may not grab the headlines the way vivid…

— Alex Kozinski

I've always wondered if people who block each other from expressing their opinions do so because they have so little confidence in…

— Michael Bloomberg

The Fourteenth Amendment, after the civil war, in principle brought former slaves into the category of persons, theoretically. But if you actually…

— Noam Chomsky

The functionaries of public power rarely strengthen in their dispositions to abridge it, and an unorganized call for timely amendment is not…

— Thomas Jefferson

Even if the flag burning amendment does become law, the larger problem will remain of how to respectfully dispose of older, tattered…

— Jon Stewart

No-knock police raids destroy Americans' right to privacy and safety. People's lives are being ruined or ended as a result of unsubstantiated…

— James Bovard

Any test that turns on what is offensive to the community's standards is too loose, too capricious, too destructive of freedom of…

— William O. Douglas

I do ask every publisher, every editor, and every newsman in the nation to reexamine his own standards, and to recognize the…

— John F. Kennedy

For the Second Amendment to do its job, the other side must become much better informed. I watched an action-adventure program last…

— L. Neil Smith

If you insist on asking me why I feel the way I do, I plan to take the Fifth Amendment.

— Mason Cooley

We will save our Second Amendment, which is totally under siege.

— Donald Trump

To the ACLU, the First Amendment speaks more directly to freedom from religion than it does to freedom of religion.

— William Anthony Donohue

The Second Amendment is outdated in the sense that its function has become obsolete.

— Ruth Bader Ginsburg

I would bet there is no place in the United States where the First Amendment would survive intact.

— Nat Hentoff

I didnt know that President Bush would endorse a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage.

— Mary Cheney

To a lot of people, the Second Amendment is an extreme position.

— Rush Limbaugh

The First Amendment has the same role in my life as a citizen and a writer as the sun has in our…

— Michael Chabon