Compelling a man by law to pay his money to elect candidates or advocate law or doctrines he is against differs only… — Hugo Black Copy Share Image
Laws protecting the United States flag do not cut away at the freedom of speech guaranteed in the First Amendment... Congress made… — Larry Craig Copy Share Image
In 70s America, protest used to be very effective, but in subsequent decades municipalities have sneakily created a web of 'overpermiticisation' -… — Naomi Wolf 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
“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 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
The first phrase of the First Amendment spoke to the freedom uppermost in Jefferson's mind when it provided that, 'Congress shall make… — Edwin Gaustad Copy Share Image
All these people talk so eloquently about getting back to good old-fashioned values. Well, as an old poop I can remember back… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
Think about it: If you were publicly branded a racist on an issue of public debate, might you not next time hesitate… — Tom Fitton Copy Share Image
It's never a good thing to see a government agency talk in secret about the need to 'control protestors' - especially when… — Michael Hastings Copy Share Image
There is a First Amendment right to speak in a encrypted way… The right to speak P.G.P. is like the right to… — Eben Moglen Copy Share Image
The First Amendment says nothing about your getting paid for saying anything. It just says you can say it. I don't believe… — Penn Jillette Copy Share Image
In hindsight, Watergate was a curse as well as a blessing for American journalism. The courageous reporting of the 'Post' and the… — Lionel Barber Copy Share Image
The First Amendment's language leaves no room for inference that abridgments of speech and press can be made just because they are… — Hugo Black Copy Share Image
The First Amendment and Fourteenth Amendment rights in the United States Constitution were being violated in Albany again and again - freedom… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
It does not help when an administration, in response to American attacks on American soil and American individuals, the administration ends up… — Louie Gohmert Copy Share Image
“When the First Amendment was finally approved, it contained two separate clauses on religion, each with an independent scope of action. The… — David Barton Copy Share Image
Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one way to go, and… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
Every time I criticize what I consider to be excesses or faults in the news business, I am accused of repression; and… — Spiro T. Agnew 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 Kennedy Copy Share Image
What James Madison and the other men of his generation had in mind when they wrote the First Amendment was that there… — Sam Ervin Copy Share Image
I think the most grievous threat that we have today is this imperialistic judiciary, this judicial monarchy that has it wrong on… — Scott Pruitt Copy Share Image
But the United States is neither a Christian nation nor the exclusive home of any particular religious group. Non-Christians are not guests.… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
Every public elementary school ought to welcome Good News Clubs. Parents appreciate them; children love them; and the First Amendment protects them.… — Mathew Staver Copy Share Image
And, you know, in my opinion, when the FBI uses these sources, there are a lot of internal guidelines on how they… — Asha Rangappa Copy Share Image
If newsmen do not tell the truth as they see it because it might make waves, or if their bosses decide something… — Richard S. Salant Copy Share Image
Because of the free speech clause in the First Amendment, which is very clear, "The government shall make no law abridging freedom… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
Evolutionism is a religious world view that is not supported by science, Scripture, popular opinion, or common sense. The exclusive teaching of… — Kent Hovind Copy Share Image
There is no separation of church and state. Modern US Supreme Courts have raped the Constitution and raped the Christian faith and… — Jerry Falwell Copy Share Image
Do the people of this land…desire to preserve those [liberties] protected by the First Amendment… If so, let them withstand all beginnings… — George Sutherland Copy Share Image
At the time of the adoption of the constitution, and of the amendment to it, now under consideration [i.e., the First Amendment],… — Joseph Story Copy Share Image
If our constitution had followed the style of Saint Paul, the First Amendment might have concluded: "But the greatest of these is… — Robert Kennedy Copy Share Image
I think the reality is that copyright law has for a very long time been a tiny little part of American jurisprudence,… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
We should build respect and understanding between the diverse cultures of the world. We should help construct communities where people of different… — Alexandra Byrne Copy Share Image
The Internet may fairly be regarded as a never-ending worldwide conversation. The government may not, through the C.D.A., interrupt that conversation. As… — Stewart Dalzell Copy Share Image
“[P]olitical speech does not lose First Amendment protection "simply because its source is a corporation". Otherwise, there would be nothing in the… — David E. Bernstein Copy Share Image
Pat Buchanan... was fired by MSNBC for doing nothing more than voicing his rock-solid conservative thoughts on the otherwise failing network... The… — Ted Nugent Copy Share Image
“2003 case before the Supreme Court in which Nike claimed that it had the First Amendment right to lie in its corporate… — Thom Hartmann Copy Share Image
From a constitutional standpoint, the religion of a candidate is supposed to make no difference. Even before the founding fathers dreamed up… — Noah Feldman Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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