However, they ignore the fact that the First Amendment is intended to protect only against government sanctions for exercising free speech rights,… — Ed Koch Copy Share Image
“Every new & successful example therefore of a perfect separation between ecclesiastical and civil matters , is of importance. And I have… — James Madison Copy Share Image
I am committed to the First Amendment principles of religious freedom, tolerance, and diversity. Whether Mormon, Methodist, Jewish, or Muslim, Americans should… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
I remember when TV networks believed in the First Amendment. It is a messed up situation when Miley Cyrus gets a laugh,… — Bobby Jindal Copy Share Image
I understand that unless you have a government of laws, rather than a government of people, you cannot protect dissent. And I… — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
If there be time to expose through discussion the falsehood and fallacies, to avert the evil by the processes of education, the… — Louis D. Brandeis Copy Share Image
Since the writing of our Constitution, our religious liberties have been systematically threatened and whittled away by Supreme Court justices who interpret… — Tim LaHaye 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
If you're not going to offend somebody you don't need the First Amendment. — Larry Flynt Copy Share Image
I am a firm supporter of the First Amendment, no matter the views expressed. — Ted Wheeler Copy Share Image
The First Amendment is really at the very core of political speech, and political speech is at the core of the First… — Alex Kozinski Copy Share Image
We are strong supporters of First Amendment rights, and we believe free speech is a two-way street. While anyone is free to… — Ibrahim Hooper Copy Share Image
I do believe that supporting our First Amendment rights and supporting local law enforcement are not mutually exclusive. — Steve Clevenger Copy Share Image
“Yet, if the phrase “separation of church and state” appears in no official founding document, then what is the source of that… — David Barton Copy Share Image
To the ACLU, the First Amendment speaks more directly to freedom from religion than it does to freedom of religion. — William Anthony Donohue Copy Share Image
The Library is an open sanctuary. It is devoted to individual intellectual inquiry and contemplation. Its function is to provide free access… — Robert G. Vosper 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
Those who won our independence believed that the final end of the state was to make men free to develop their faculties… — Louis D. Brandeis Copy Share Image
“I don't care if they are reading our mail. Bring it on, Tron! I dare you. Try to take away my freedom… — Rainbow Rowell Copy Share Image
Jefferson found in the religion phrases of the First Amendment no vague or fuzzy language to be bent or shaped or twisted… — Edwin Gaustad Copy Share Image
Breaking the United States up into a number of pieces could be very good for the integration of those new nations with… — David Swanson Copy Share Image
When they took the Fourth Amendment, I was silent because I don't deal drugs. When they took the Sixth Amendment, I kept… — Tim Freeman Copy Share Image
The prima facie evidence provision in this case ignores all of the contextual factors that are necessary to decide whether a particular… — Sandra Day O'Connor Copy Share Image
