There's, under Obama, an epidemic has developed of abusing national security laws to crack down on legitimate use of the First Amendment. — Julian Assange Copy Share Image
The very reason for the First Amendment is to make the people of this country free to think, speak, write and worship… — Hugo Black Copy Share Image
I love the protest signs protected by the First Amendment - some of them humorous, some of them passionate, some factual, some… — Jennifer Granholm Copy Share Image
I'm really proud of this Supreme Court and the way they've been dealing with the issue of First Amendment political speech. — Mitch McConnell Copy Share Image
The first amendment is freedom of speech of what you believe in, if you speak something its your right to say what… — Jenny The Jawbreaker Copy Share Image
“I cannot believe that Muffy just called the First Amendment fiddle-faddle. Fiddle Faddle is a delicious candy-coated popcorn snack food. It has… — Meg Cabot 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
But I know newspapers. They have the first amendment and they can tell any lie knowing it's a lie and they're protected… — Steve Wozniak Copy Share Image
“Anyone who claims that weapons like semi-automatics are so modern and unique that the Second Amendment doesn't apply to them would also… — Glenn Beck Copy Share Image
Gun control impinges upon the Second Amendment; involuntary commitment impinges upon the liberty clause of the Fifth Amendment; curbing 'entertainment' violence impinges… — Charles Krauthammer Copy Share Image
“FIRST AMENDMENT No one shall give a damn about your religion. Freedom of speech doesn’t mean you can say whatever you want… — Trae Crowder Copy Share Image
I begin to feel like I was in the last generation of Americans who took a civics class. I begin to feel… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
The real object of the First Amendment was not to countenance, much less advance Mohammedanism, or Judaism or infidelity, by prostrating Christianity;… — Joseph Story Copy Share Image
We, as artists, we have the right to express ourselves. That is our first amendment, freedom of speech. But I also believe… — Ja Rule Copy Share Image
[Confiscating a book and punishing its author] is a sign that one does not have a good case, or at least doesn't… — Laszlo Radvanyi Copy Share Image
Free speech is what we all have and is guaranteed by the First Amendment of the US Constitution. Academic freedom refers to… — Joan Wallach Scott Copy Share Image
The First Amendment defends all forms of speech including hate speech, which is why groups like Ku Klux Klan are allowed to… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
The First Amendment has erected a wall between church and state. That wall must be kept high and impregnable. We could not… — Hugo Black Copy Share Image
The idea that corporations have the same First Amendment protections of free speech as people is troubling. Corporations are not people. They… — Hank Johnson Copy Share Image
If we don't have the ability to keep and bear arms, then who knows when they are going to decide they want… — Ronny Jackson Copy Share Image
Under the First Amendment's prohibition of the establishment of religion, the Court has steadily made religion a matter for the private individual… — Robert Bork Copy Share Image
They're Democrats always accusing us of repressing their speech. I say let's do it. Let's repress them. Frankly, I'm not a big… — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
The First Amendment isn't about free thought and free opinion and free belief. The First Amendment is about free exercise: the carrying… — Alan Keyes Copy Share Image
Oliver Darcy is a perpetual victim. He is constantly advocating for people to be banned and silenced. As a member of the… — Laura Loomer Copy Share Image
Lately the First Amendment has been interpreted to deny equal protection of the law to those who believe in God. The Constitution… — Jack Kemp Copy Share Image
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals agreed, and software has been treated as a form of speech ever since. So if software… — Laura Sydell Copy Share Image
All ideas having even the slightest redeeming social importance - unorthodox ideas, controversial ideas, even ideas hateful to the prevailing climate of… — William J. Brennan Copy Share Image
The first amendment gives us the liberty of expression, of religion, and assembly. Sometimes we don't like what people have to say,… — Ruben Diaz Sr Copy Share Image
“You’re suppressing my first amendment rights,” she said, voice muffled. “You don’t live in America; you live in the United States… — Lauren Gilley Copy Share Image
Concerning First Amendment fetishism - A federal subsidy for a photo of a crucifix suspended in a jar of urine is fine,… — Don Feder Copy Share Image
A lot of people in the adult population have a very limited idea as to why they are Americans, why we have… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
The First Amendment has erected a wall between church and state. That wall must be kept high and impregnable. We could not… — Hugo Black Copy Share Image
When I think of civil liberties I think of the founding principles of the country. The freedoms that are in the First… — Tim Cook Copy Share Image
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
CNN is an American symbol of independent journalism and First Amendment free speech. My board and I are clear: CNN will remain… — Randall L. Stephenson Copy Share Image
There is nothing as dangerous as an unembodied principle: no matter what blood flows, the principle comes first. The First Amendment absolutists… — Andrea Dworkin Copy Share Image
I begin to feel like most Americans don't understand the First Amendment, don't understand the idea of freedom of speech, and don't… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
The president is supposed to stand up for the First Amendment and stand up for the free press - not put us… — Jim Acosta Copy Share Image
I urge the citizens of Ferguson who have been peacefully exercising their First Amendment rights to join with law enforcement in condemning… — Eric Holder Copy Share Image
We don't have an Official Secrets Act in the United States, as other countries do. Under the First Amendment, freedom of the… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
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