“We see then, in the first years of the Constitution, that some of its provisions—even those paraded most flamboyantly (like the First… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
The press is the only institution that is truly accountable. The founding fathers put the First Amendment first for a reason. — Rupert Murdoch Copy Share Image
An unconditional right to say what one pleases about public affairs is what I consider to be the minimum guarantee of the… — Hugo Black Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
[Liberals] are always accusing us of repressing their speech. I say let's do it. Let's repress them. ... Frankly, I'm not a… — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
The dominant purpose of the First Amendment was to prohibit the widespread practice of government suppression of embarrassing information. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The First Amendment is now being used by the secularists of our day as a cattle prod to herd conservative religious people… — Pat Swindall Copy Share Image
The First Amendment was designed to allow for disruption of business as usual. It is not a quiet and subdued amendment or… — Naomi Wolf Copy Share Image
“I believe in the right to offend. To insult. Even to horrify. It’s not that we’re supposed to enjoy it; it’s that… — Megyn Kelly Copy Share Image
Can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have remover their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
In the First Amendment to the Constitution, the Founders made it clear that this was not to be a sky-god nation with… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
The question about those aromatic advertisements that perfume companies are having stitched into magazines these days is this: under the freedoms guaranteed… — Calvin Trillin 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 Constitution, in addition to delegating certain enumerated powers to Congress, places whole areas outside the reach of Congress' regulatory authority. The… — Clarence Thomas Copy Share Image
Thus if the First Amendment means anything in this field, it must allow protests even against the moral code that the standard… — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
When you start punishing and censoring comedians, that's a real bad sign of us as Americans losing our First Amendment rights. As… — Byron Allen Copy Share Image
“[T]here is both an intrinsic and instrumental value to privacy. Intrinsically, privacy is precious to the extent that it is a component… — John W. Whitehead 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
Pulling a crystalline, cogent rule out of the murk of the court's First Amendment, public forum, and Establishment Clause doctrine is an… — Dahlia Lithwick Copy Share Image
In the U.S., free speech and the press are protected by the First Amendment. It has a clarity unmatched by modern legislators… — Jacob Rees-Mogg Copy Share Image
We have a First Amendment right to burn the flag as symbolic speech. The Constitution protects that right. To spend time and… — Deborah K. Ross Copy Share Image
Under the First Amendment there is no such thing as a false idea. However pernicious an opinion may seem, we depend for… — Lewis F. Powell, Jr Copy Share Image
The spirit of the First Amendment has been effectively repealed for conservative speech by a censorious, accusatory mob. — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
Donald Trump and the First Amendment, it's not a beautiful match; it's not a match made in heaven. Between the free speech… — Megyn Kelly Copy Share Image
“It struck me that there is a reason James Madison put freedom of speech and freedom of the press in the very… — Jonathan Karl Copy Share Image
Restriction of free thought and free speech is the most dangerous of all subversions. It is the one un-American act that could… — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
The First Amendment to the Constitution reflects that concept recognized in the Ten Commandments, that the duties we owe to God and… — Roy Moore Copy Share Image
The government argues that First Amendment rights are outweighed by the need to prosecute those who transmit classified information and documents. — Noam Chomsky 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
We are a people of faith. We have been so secure in that faith that we have enshrined in our Constitution protection… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
Our 1 million members across the country will be watching closely to see if the video game industry hides behind a First… — Connie Sellecca Copy Share Image
The Supreme Court is expected to rule this week whether banning cross burning by groups like the Klu Klux Klan violates the… — Tina Fey Copy Share Image
The health of our republic depends on shared principles like the First Amendment, but it is also built on the Teddy Roosevelt-like… — Ben Sasse Copy Share Image
There is never a shortage anywhere of lawyers eager to attack the First Amendment, as though it were nothing more than a… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
Whatever one's religion in his private life may be, for the officeholder, nothing takes precedence over his oath to uphold the Constitution… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
I must acknowledge God. It says so in the Constitution of Alabama. It says so in the First Amendment of the Constitution. — Roy Moore Copy Share Image
The First Amendment serves not only the needs of the polity but also those of the human spirit- a spirit that demands… — Thurgood Marshall Copy Share Image
“Baptists at their schools and charities. Assault on the First Amendment’s Protection of Religious Freedom and Conscience Ken Blackwell, co-author of The… — Floyd G Brown Copy Share Image
It is true that many Americans find the Commandments in accord with their personal beliefs. But we do not count heads before… — Sandra Day O'Connor Copy Share Image
False religions like Islam who teach that you must worship this way, are completely opposite with what our First Amendment stands for. — Roy Moore Copy Share Image
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