It's good for a country to have a revolution every 20 years. I hope that's not where we're going. But, you know,… — Sharron Angle Copy Share Image
I must acknowledge God. It says so in the Constitution of Alabama. It says so in the First Amendment of the Constitution. — Roy Moore Copy Share Image
The First Amendment serves not only the needs of the polity but also those of the human spirit- a spirit that demands… — Thurgood Marshall Copy Share Image
Almost 100 years after women secured the right to vote in 1920 through the 19th Amendment, we still do not have equal… — Jane Fonda 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
It is true that many Americans find the Commandments in accord with their personal beliefs. But we do not count heads before… — Sandra Day O'Connor Copy Share Image
Defending birthright citizenship is about being on the right side of liberty. The 14th Amendment is a great legacy of the Republican… — Mark McKinnon Copy Share Image
One thing I fail to understand in Delhi is how the same parties which as State Governments seek amendments to the Land… — Narendra Modi Copy Share Image
The "establishment of religion" clause of the First Amendment means at least this: Neither a state nor the Federal Government can set… — Hugo Black Copy Share Image
The constitutions of most of our States assert, that all power is inherent in the people; that they may exercise it by… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
I think it's best if there's an amendment that goes on the ballot where the people can weigh in. Every time this… — Michele Bachmann Copy Share Image
During the Suffragette revolt of 1913 I[urged] that what was needed was not the vote, but a constitutional amendment enactingthat all representative… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
For the first 200 years of our nation's history, corporations were never defined by the courts as persons with free speech rights… — John Bonifaz Copy Share Image
A great deal of what many Americans hold dear is nowhere written on those four pages of parchment, or in any of… — Jill Lepore Copy Share Image
I have a range of scenarios. One of them is a chaos, that what could happen is Congress does step up a… — David Frum Copy Share Image
The First Amendment provides the only kind of security system that can preserve a free government - one that leaves the way… — Hugo Black Copy Share Image
I'll do anything to pass the ERA [Equal Rights Amendment], even if it means wearing babydoll nightgowns and padded bras, if that… — Joan Hackett 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
Unless we repeal the illegal Byrd amendment, American exports will be vulnerable to retaliation, and the U.S. will continue to face a… — Jim Ramstad Copy Share Image
The takings clause of the Fifth Amendment is for conservatives what the equal protection clause of the 14th is for liberals. — Michael Kinsley Copy Share Image
The First Amendment is crucial. Of course it is. So are all the others. And the Second Amendment is the one that… — Charlton Heston Copy Share Image
With the strong bipartisan rejection of the Dorgan amendment today, the Senate cast a vote in favor of the U.S. working to… — Rob Portman Copy Share Image
It is better, so the Fourth Amendment teaches us, that the guilty sometimes go free than the citizens be subject to easy… — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
It's all right to agree or disagree on the balanced budget amendment. It's all right to talk about how we're going to… — Sheila Jackson Lee Copy Share Image
It's perfectly within [Martin Peretz] rights [to fire a journalist]. It's a private - you know, th - it's not censorship. The… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
The Patriot Act makes a mockery of the Sixth Amendment, which protects your right to a speedy and public trial, and your… — Michael Badnarik Copy Share Image
The First Amendment makes confidence in the common sense of our people and in the maturity of their judgement the great postulate… — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
The net effect of the distortion of the First Amendment is to require that wherever the state is, religion must be excluded. — Pat Swindall Copy Share Image
The next time you get the urge to shut somebody up because they don't see the world exactly the same way you… — Dennis Miller Copy Share Image
But it's hard to talk about art. Maybe there should be a law against it, some First Amendment gag order like crying… — Stanley Elkin 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
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
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
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
The First Amendment is often inconvenient. But that is beside the point. Inconvenience does not absolve the government of its obligation to… — Anthony Kennedy Copy Share Image
The First Amendment was specifically designed for citizens to insult politicians. Libel laws were written to protect law students speaking out on… — Bill Maher 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
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