There is nothing as dangerous as an unembodied principle: no matter what blood flows, the principle comes first. The First Amendment absolutists… — Andrea Dworkin Copy Share Image
You may not be aware of a recent survey that showed that if the First Amendment were put to a popular vote… — James E. Rogers Copy Share Image
“First Amendment freedoms are most in danger when the government seeks to control thought or to justify its laws for that impermissible… — Anthony M. Kennedy Copy Share Image
When the Jews were being persecuted by the Nazis in 1944 we passed the War Refugee Act, which focused on rescuing Jews,… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
The very reason for the First Amendment is to make the people of this country free to think, speak, write and worship… — Hugo Black Copy Share Image
Now I realize it's fashionable in some circles to believe that no one in government should encourage others to read the Bible.… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
First Amendment speech and press rights may also be subordinated to the overriding need to wage war successfully. — John Yoo Copy Share Image
The Washington Times wrote a story questioning the authenticity of some of the suggestions made about me in Silent Coup. But as… — Bob Woodward 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
I just think political correctness is a limitation on our First Amendment freedoms. — Corey Stewart Copy Share Image
“You’re suppressing my first amendment rights,” she said, voice muffled. “You don’t live in America; you live in the United States… — Lauren Gilley Copy Share Image
If the Government is going to intrude upon the sacred ground of the First Amendment and tell its citizens that their exercise… — Ronald L. Buckwalter Copy Share Image
The First Amendment was added to the Constitution to stand as a guarantee that neither the power nor the prestige of the… — Hugo Black 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
A funny thing happened to the First Amendment on its way to the public forum. According to the Supreme Court, money is… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
An M.P. once suggested I be put in the Tower of London for saying derogatory things about the royals. There's no First… — Tracey Ullman Copy Share Image
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 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
Despite the apparent absoluteness of the First Amendment, there are any number of ways of getting around it, ways that are known… — Stanley Fish Copy Share Image
Our Founding Fathers were the first to articulate the reasons for their First Amendment, the same reasons given by Learned Hand, and… — Gilbert S. Merritt, Jr Copy Share Image
“It's freedom of speech, not freedom from consequences and/or ridicule.” — A.E. Samaan Copy Share Image
The first amendment protects free speech, but if you don't have freedom of thought, do you really have freedom of speech? — Rob Kampia Copy Share Image
If the Constitution was a movie, the Preamble would be the trailer, the First Amendment the establishing shot, the 13th the crowd… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
The first amendment gives us the liberty of expression, of religion, and assembly. Sometimes we don't like what people have to say,… — Ruben Diaz Sr Copy Share Image