“National security was invoked so freely that the First Amendment had become an empty promise. ” — Matthew Bracken Copy Share Image
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof. — James Madison Copy Share Image
You're telling me that the separation of church and state is found in the First Amendment? — Christine O'Donnell Copy Share Image
Obama cannot erase the Second Amendment without crippling or controlling exercise of the First Amendment. — Wayne LaPierre Copy Share Image
Protesters can't violate First Amendment rights. Only the government can do that. — Kirsten Powers Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I would bet there is no place in the United States where the First Amendment would survive intact. — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
I am a firm supporter of the First Amendment, no matter the views expressed. — Ted Wheeler 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 basis of the First Amendment is the hypothesis that speech can rebut speech, propaganda will answer propaganda, free debate of ideas… — Fred M. Vinson Copy Share Image
As an Egyptian-American, I want both sides of that hyphen to enjoy the forms of freedom guaranteed by the First Amendment, as… — Mona Eltahawy Copy Share Image
The First Amendment is the First Amendment for a reason - our most cherished right. But it often creates muddy and uncomfortable… — Rod Lurie Copy Share Image
Librarians see themselves as the guardians of the First Amendment. You got a thousand Mother Joneses at the barricades! I love the… — Michael Moore Copy Share Image
If there is a bedrock principle underlying the First Amendment, it is that the government may not prohibit the expression of an… — William J. Brennan Copy Share Image
The right really dominates radio, and it's amazing how much energy the right spends telling us that the press is slanted to… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
No one has a First Amendment right to lie to a federal agency in order to claim an improper tax status in… — Sheldon Whitehouse Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I try to practice my religion in a very devout way and follow the teachings of my church in my own personal… — Tim Kaine Copy Share Image
You could say that the paparazzi and the tabloids are sort of the 'assault weapons' of the First Amendment. They're ugly, a… — Charlton Heston Copy Share Image
The First Amendment of the US Constitution ... is an eloquent repudiation of the First Commandment's prohibition of religious freedom. It is… — Frank Zindler 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
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
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
“Once the government can demand of a publisher the names of the purchasers of his publications, the free press as we know… — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
“We should be alert to oppose the potential significance of the fact that some government officials and public policy advocates are describing… — Dallin H. Oaks Copy Share Image
At the heart of the First Amendment is the recognition of the fundamental importance of the free flow of ideas and opinions… — William Rehnquist Copy Share Image
The Constitution exists precisely so that opinions and judgments, including esthetic and moral judgments about art and literature, can be formed, tested,… — Anthony Kennedy Copy Share Image
“It may be that the most striking thing about members of my literary generation in retrospect will be that we were allowed… — Kurt Vonnegut Jr Copy Share Image
“The trouble with purging the school curriculum of religious knowledge is that ultimate questions cannot be answered without reference to religious beliefs… — Russell Kirk Copy Share Image
I've reported in countries where leaders not only complain about a critical press, but also try to shut it down, throwing reporters… — Jonathan Karl Copy Share Image
“...Subordination of the state to Christian values is precisely what the early Puritans, even those in the tradition of the Mayflower Pilgrims,… — Mark Ellingsen 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
When you pick up a guitar, you don't put down your First Amendment rights. — Tom Morello Copy Share Image
Republican Michigan Congressman Justin Amash said, no president is allowed to burn the first amendment. — Chuck Todd Copy Share Image
It is the function of speech to free men from the bondage of irrational fears. — Louis D. Brandeis Copy Share Image
The First Amendment has the same role in my life as a citizen and a writer as the sun has in our… — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
There are some circumstances in which the First Amendment interest comes up against another interest that is really important and in which… — Floyd Abrams Copy Share Image
The First Amendment does not guarantee the press a constitutional right of special access to information not available to the general public,… — Pete Wilson Copy Share Image
Whether children have first amendment rights is a vexed legal question, but what is not in question is that they someday will.… — Crispin Sartwell Copy Share Image
