All human situations have their inconveniences. We feel those of the present but neither see nor feel those of the future; and… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
I propose a Constitutional Amendment providing that, if any public official, elected or appointed, at any level of government, is caught lying… — L. Neil Smith Copy Share Image
Loving the Second Amendment while opposing the NRA is every bit as natural as loving Jesus while opposing Westboro Baptist Church. — John Fugelsang Copy Share Image
No clause in the Constitution could by any rule of construction be conceived to give to congress a power to disarm the… — William Rawle Copy Share Image
Your mother and I do not approve of drinking. Have you not heard of the Eighteenth Amendment?” “Prohibition? I drink to its… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
We don't have the freedom of speech to talk about the weather. We have the first amendment so we can say some… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
We have a First Amendment for good reasons. We need a free press because without an educated electorate we cannot have a… — Jill Stein 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
That Amendment requires the state to be a neutral in its relations with groups of religious believers and nonbelievers; it does not… — Hugo Black Copy Share Image
I find it very odd that the amendment about the right to bear arms, laws that were written so long ago, still… — Jim Jarmusch Copy Share Image
By requiring that an execution be relatively painless, we necessarily protect the inmate from enduring any punishment that is comparable to the… — John Paul Stevens Copy Share Image
The Eighth Amendment to the Constitution protects citizens against cruel and unusual punishment. And there is a growing body of legal precedent… — Allyson Robinson Copy Share Image
We can ignore even pleasure. But pain insists upon being attended to. God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In this country [the USA], you have got to tolerate things you do not like in order to preserve the First Amendment,… — Harvey Levin 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
We, as artists, we have the right to express ourselves. That is our first amendment, freedom of speech. But I also believe… — Ja Rule Copy Share Image
One of the things I'm gonna do and I have tremendous support with the evangelicals and with the Christians and with everybody,… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
A constitutional amendment for congressional term limits could never achieve the blessing of Congress; it could be initiated only by the states. — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
The Second Amendment only protects the people who want all the guns they can have. The rest of us, we've got no… — Louise Slaughter Copy Share Image
For the last couple of hundred years, there have been struggles about this. Even the Fifth and Sixth Amendments of the constitution… — Noam Chomsky 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
This separation was absolute in our original Republic. But the sky-godders do not give up easily. In the 1950s they actually got… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
With that in mind and in celebration of National Prayer Day, today I have proposed in the House of Representatives a Constitutional… — Nick Rahall Copy Share Image
Senator majority leader, Mitch McConnell, slammed [Donald] Trump's comments about burning the American flag which is protected under the first amendment should… — Chuck Todd Copy Share Image
Such is our impatience, such our hatred of procrastination, to everything but the amendment of our practices and the adornment of our… — Walter Savage Landor Copy Share Image
I believe the equal rights amendment is a necessity of life for all citizens. The cabinet sometimes felt that I shouldn't be… — Betty Ford Copy Share Image
I would vote to increase the debt limit if there was a corresponding level of cuts. And if there was some serious… — Jon Huntsman, Jr Copy Share Image
As civil rulers, not having their duty to the people duly before them, may attempt to tyrannize,... The people are confirmed by… — Tench Coxe Copy Share Image
These liberals are the craziest things. The Constitution, they see things in it that aren't there and ignore things which are. The… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
Of the five rights listed in the First Amendment. - religion, speech, press, assembly, petition - the very first right protected is… — Steve Daines Copy Share Image
'The want of proper examination, true contrition, and a firm purpose of amendment, is the cause of bad confessions, and of the… — Benedict Joseph Labre Copy Share Image
A sure way of retaining the grace of heaven is to disregard outward appearances, and diligently to cultivate such things as foster… — Thomas a Kempis Copy Share Image
I strongly support the Second Amendment and I believe the Second Amendment ought to be preserved - which means no gun control. — John McCain Copy Share Image
I'll end discriminatory laws like the Hyde Amendment that make it all but impossible for low-income women - disproportionately, women of color… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
It is called the First Amendment. ...Simple words marching in seried ranks. Compact, concise. To the point. Clear and pure. It's freedom's… — Jack Valenti Copy Share Image
Ultimately, I wanted to own a big truck, exercise my second Amendment rights, listen to hardcore music, and let my congressman know… — Mark Twight Copy Share Image
I believe America went wrong in terms of respecting the First Amendment, the state of free speech on American college campuses and… — Milo Yiannopoulos Copy Share Image
Let him never cease from prayer who has once begun it, be his life ever so wicked; for prayer is the way… — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
Free Speech in the College Community is a very timely book written by a dedicated scholar of the First Amendment. Challenging and… — Nancy Kassebaum Copy Share Image
The Second Amendment is a constitutional right. I didn't make it up, the Republican Party didn't make it up. It's in the… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image