First amendment Quotes · Page 6

“Without Thomas Jefferson and his Declaration of Independence, there would have been no American revolution that announced universal principles of liberty. Without…

— Christopher Hitchens

It is a very odd sort of Patriot that would destroy the First Amendment to protect the Second.

— Jerry Holkins

I think the moment anybody seriously tampers with the First Amendment, you're going to see an outcry.

— Seymour Hersh

For an American to be patriotic is to be loyal to the principles of our Constitution, and the First Amendment. The truth…

— Daniel Ellsberg

Let them all believe whatever they want. It is pointless to go on radio shows and wrangle over mystical claims. However, such…

— James A. Haught

Because of the free speech clause in the First Amendment, which is very clear, "The government shall make no law abridging freedom…

— Rush Limbaugh

“University Life" bureaucrats are teaching the next generation of young Americans that the First Amendment is not a guarantee of constitutional rights;…

— Kim R. Holmes

The current total of countries in the world with First Amendments is one. You have guaranteed freedom of speech. Other countries don't…

— Neil Gaiman

The censor is always quick to justify his function in terms that are protective of society. But the First Amendment, written in…

— William O. Douglas

And so popular culture raises issues that are very important, actually, in the country I think. You get issues of the First…

— Kurt Loder

“He stepped back, cursing. "Hey, haven't you heard of the First Amendment? You jerk!" The security guard, still gunning like a mad…

— Catherine Coulter

The word 'security' is a broad, vague generality whose contours should not be invoked to abrogate the fundamental law embodied in the…

— Hugo Black

I'm a crusader. I really believe in the First Amendment, and I use it fully, and I pay a price for that.

— Al Goldstein

I think the I.R.S. is a Sword of Damocles over the First Amendment, and I think it is a menace.

— Tom Fitton

A campaign ought to demonstrate the basic human decency of the candidate. That means your First Amendment rights end at the tip…

— Mike Pence

Our First Amendment should preserve the right of Hindus and Muslims to practice their faith.

— Scott Pruitt

This [anti-terrorism bill] is a violation of the First Amendment right to free speech and the Fourth Amendment protection of private property...…

— Butch Otter

The relevant part of the First Amendment here prohibits the making of any law, quote, "abridging the freedom of speech." And it's…

— Laura Sydell

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

I call myself a radical conservative. What's that? Well, let's analyze it. Go to the dictionary. Radical: One who gets to the…

— Studs Terkel

Our country as a whole, no less than the Hastings College of Law, values tolerance, cooperation, learning, and the amicable resolution of…

— Samuel Alito

The First Amendment reads more like a dream than a law, and no other nation, so far as I know, has been…

— Kurt Vonnegut

“It is actually a policy issue relevant to the First Amendment, which guarantees the right to free speech. The First Amendment was…

— Lisa Feldman Barrett

I do believe that religious liberty, the First Amendment, gay rights, and transgender equality can all coexist. I'm also a constitutionalist, and…

— Nancy Mace

There is this fashionable progressive notion that everything is so completely political that the idea we could have some sort of neutral…

— Wendy Kaminer