You may not be aware of a recent survey that showed that if the First Amendment were put to a popular vote… — James E. Rogers Copy Share Image
The First Amendment is crucial. Of course it is. So are all the others. And the Second Amendment is the one that… — Charlton Heston Copy Share Image
It's perfectly within [Martin Peretz] rights [to fire a journalist]. It's a private - you know, th - it's not censorship. The… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
The DISCLOSE Act is a testament to the wisdom of the Supreme Court's decision in Citizens United. The First Amendment sought to… — Bradley A. Smith Copy Share Image
The First Amendment makes confidence in the common sense of our people and in the maturity of their judgement the great postulate… — William O. Douglas 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
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
The modern public school derived from a philosophy of freedom reflected in the First Amendment ... The non-sectarian or secular public school… — William J. Brennan Copy Share Image
In the national debate about a serious issue, it is the expression of the minority's viewpoint that most demands the protection of… — John Paul Stevens Copy Share Image
Now I realize it's fashionable in some circles to believe that no one in government should encourage others to read the Bible.… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The First Amendment...does not say that in every respect there shall be a separation of Church and State…Otherwise the state and religion… — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
If you see the rhetoric from coming out of the Democrats is that they're pro-civil liberties, and an important part of civil… — Julian Assange Copy Share Image
Donald Trump creates scapegoats in Muslims and Mexican immigrants. He calls for the use of torture. He calls for killing the innocent… — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
As a sitting federal judge, I am bound by the Supreme Court's current First Amendment caselaw, and I would apply the binding… — Ketanji Brown Jackson Copy Share Image
Remember: the ratings system is a voluntary infringement of First Amendment rights, an uneasy bargain between the needs of parents, the needs… — Marshall Herskovitz Copy Share Image
People cited violation of the First Amendment when a New Jersey schoolteacher asserted that evolution and the Big Bang are not scientific… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
The First Amendment only says 'Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion.' It can disrespect all it wants. — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Wikileaks has - we specialize in bringing the First Amendment to the world, and we were always very surprised one of our… — Julian Assange Copy Share Image
There are many prices we pay for freedoms secured by the First Amendment; the risk of undue influence is one of them,… — Warren E. Burger Copy Share Image
The First Amendment is often inconvenient. But that is beside the point. Inconvenience does not absolve the government of its obligation to… — Anthony Kennedy Copy Share Image
The First Amendment was specifically designed for citizens to insult politicians. Libel laws were written to protect law students speaking out on… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
I believe in the American tradition of separation of church and state which is expressed in the First Amendment to the Constitution.… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
Is Donald Trump a serious candidate? The reason I ask this is, if you're going to close the Internet, realize, America, what… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
If the First Amendment means anything, it means that a state has no business telling a man, sitting alone in his house,… — Thurgood Marshall Copy Share Image
Religious people are now finding that the First Amendment is being used to herd them into a social ghetto, separated and walled… — Pat Swindall Copy Share Image
The First Amendment is not an altar on which we must sacrifice our children, families, and community standards. Obscene material that is… — Orrin Hatch Copy Share Image
Americans don't know the Constitution. More than half of those surveyed can't name any of the rights guaranteed under the First Amendment.… — Elizabeth Flock Copy Share Image
The First Amendment gives all of us - it gives it to me, it gives it to you, it gives all Americans… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
Donald Trump seems to think it is within his rights to trample the First Amendment, to disdain the press, to punish protesters… — David Remnick Copy Share Image
The First Amendment is not a blanket freedom-of-information act. The constitutional newsgathering freedom means the media can go where the public can,… — George Will Copy Share Image
As both a First Amendment absolutist and as an American, I want to keep our government as far away from our press… — Kat Timpf Copy Share Image
[I]t's not just the books under fire now that worry me. It is the books that will never be written. The books… — Judy Blume Copy Share Image
I'm a constitutionalist. You know, does faith matter to me? Sure. But the beauty of the Constitution, the beauty of the First… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
Motion pictures are of course a different medium of expression than the public speech, the radio, the stage, the novel, or the… — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
A campaign ought to demonstrate the basic human decency of the candidate. That means your First Amendment rights end at the tip… — Mike Pence Copy Share Image
Senator majority leader, Mitch McConnell, slammed [Donald] Trump's comments about burning the American flag which is protected under the first amendment should… — Chuck Todd Copy Share Image
This separation was absolute in our original Republic. But the sky-godders do not give up easily. In the 1950s they actually got… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
If a corporation can express opinions and be protected in doing so by the First Amendment, then there's no reason logically one… — Ken Cuccinelli Copy Share Image
Government censorship of speech with which it disagrees not only violates the First Amendment, but is antithetical to the American system, which… — Bill Hagerty 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
![“It's perfectly within [Martin Peretz] rights [to fire a journalist]. It's a private - you know, th - it's not censorship. The First Amendment doesn't come into play because it's a private magazine.” quote by Nat Hentoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c14/nat-hentoff-1615_amendments_it-s-perfectly-within-martin-peretz-righ_1276212.png)
![“[I]t's not just the books under fire now that worry me. It is the books that will never be written. The books that will never be read. And all due to the fear of censorship. As always, young readers will be the real losers.” quote by Judy Blume](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/976/judy-blume-2002_book_i-t-s-not-just-the-books-under-fire-now_2968936.png)
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