For an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Republican Michigan Congressman Justin Amash said, no president is allowed to burn the first amendment. — Chuck Todd Copy Share Image
The14th Amendment does not require birthright citizenship. It doesn't mention it. — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
The health of the second amendment is the primary indicator of the overall health of the nation. — John Longenecker Copy Share Image
And it never, ever was interpreted that the Second Amendment meant individual's right to bear arms — Rosie O'Donnell Copy Share Image
We are going to fight to pass the long over-due Equal Rights Amendment. — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
I believe in the American tradition of separation of church and state which is expressed in the First Amendment to the Constitution.… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
I have led amendments to protect and grow our domestic manufacturing and to establish a parents' bill of rights to make sure… — John E. James 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
Officers are taught to use all the tricks and lies that courts permit within the scope of the Fifth Amendment's shield against… — David K. Shipler Copy Share Image
Wikileaks has - we specialize in bringing the First Amendment to the world, and we were always very surprised one of our… — Julian Assange Copy Share Image
The modern public school derived from a philosophy of freedom reflected in the First Amendment ... The non-sectarian or secular public school… — William J. Brennan Copy Share Image
There are many prices we pay for freedoms secured by the First Amendment; the risk of undue influence is one of them,… — Warren E. Burger Copy Share Image
If those who wrote and ratified the 14th Amendment had imagined laws restricting immigration - and had anticipated huge waves of illegal… — George Will Copy Share Image
The 14th Amendment was passed after the Civil War to apply to former slaves to ensure that they are treated like all… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
Marriage is not defined in the federal Constitution at all; it's a matter for the states. And applying the Fourteenth Amendment to… — Mike Huckabee Copy Share Image
This provision (the 4th Amendment) speaks for itself. Its plain object is to secure the perfect enjoyment of that great right of… — Joseph Story Copy Share Image
We often seem to be swimming through such a miasma of sexual violence - in advertising, television programming, heavy metal, rap, films,… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
The Fourth Amendment is clear; we should be secure in our persons, houses, papers, and effects, and all warrants must have probable… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
There's no way you are going to get rid of the Second Amendment, there's no way you're going to get rid of… — Chuck Todd Copy Share Image
By calling attention to 'a well regulated militia,' 'the security of the nation,' and the right of each citizen 'to keep and… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
It is with great satisfaction that I have signed into law the Social Security Amendments of 1961. They represent an additional step… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Of the six men who have done most to make America the wonder and the joy she is to all of us,… — John Chadwick 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
In the constitution of Spain as proposed by the late Cortes, there was a principle entirely new to me:... that no person… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
If gun laws in fact worked, the sponsors of this type of legislation should have no difficulty drawing upon long lists of… — Orrin Hatch Copy Share Image
While the machinery of law enforcement and indeed the nature of crime itself have changed dramatically since the Fourth Amendment became part… — William J. Brennan Copy Share Image
... if you're poor and ignorant, with a child, you're a slave. Meaning that you're never going to get out of it.… — Joycelyn Elders Copy Share Image
...The Bill of Rights is a literal and absolute document. The First Amendment doesn't say you have a right to speak out… — Harry Browne Copy Share Image
The courts are using the First Amendment to attack religion, when they should be using it to protect religion. — Ernest Istook Copy Share Image
The Fourth Amendment is on life support and the chief agent of that is the National Security Agency. — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
It is a very odd sort of Patriot that would destroy the First Amendment to protect the Second. — Jerry Holkins Copy Share Image
The Equal Rights Amendment would "turn holy wedlock into holy deadlock." — William Rehnquist Copy Share Image
We didn't pass any constitutional amendments that affected the executive branch while I was governor. — John Engler Copy Share Image
Just think - guns have a constitutional amendment protecting them and women don't. — Eleanor Smeal 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
