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> [The government understands - every government, every administration, both parties, understands - that that power, they just don't have.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/floyd-abrams/the-government-understands-every-government-every-administration-both/)

[Floyd Abrams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/floyd-abrams/)

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## More by Floyd Abrams

> [It has something to do with the facts and the law and who the judges are. So I think lawyers sometimes exaggerate their role…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/floyd-abrams/it-has-something-to-do-with-the-facts-and-the-law-and-who-the-judges/)

[Floyd Abrams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/floyd-abrams/)

> [The government understands - every government, every administration, both parties, understands - that that power, they just don't have.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/floyd-abrams/the-government-understands-every-government-every-administration-both/)

[Floyd Abrams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/floyd-abrams/)

> [The government would be able to go to court with respect to newspaper articles, broadcast pieces and the like that they thought were bad…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/floyd-abrams/the-government-would-be-able-to-go-to-court-with-respect-to-newspaper/)

[Floyd Abrams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/floyd-abrams/)

> [I really do think that if we had lost that case we would really live in a country that would be really quite different.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/floyd-abrams/i-really-do-think-that-if-we-had-lost-that-case-we-would-really-live/)

[Floyd Abrams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/floyd-abrams/)

> [CBS exhausted the Texas courts. They went from the trial court to the intermediate court to the highest court.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/floyd-abrams/cbs-exhausted-the-texas-courts-they-went-from-the-trial-court-to-the/)

[Floyd Abrams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/floyd-abrams/)

> [When I began we did not really have a lot of First Amendment law. It is really surprising to think of it this way,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/floyd-abrams/when-i-began-we-did-not-really-have-a-lot-of-first-amendment-law-it/)

[Floyd Abrams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/floyd-abrams/)

> [It just seems to be a human trait to want to protect the speech of people with whom we agree. For the First Amendment,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/floyd-abrams/it-just-seems-to-be-a-human-trait-to-want-to-protect-the-speech-of/)

[Floyd Abrams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/floyd-abrams/)

> [My role in it was not as central as it was in some of the later cases considering I was younger then and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/floyd-abrams/my-role-in-it-was-not-as-central-as-it-was-in-some-of-the-later-cases/)

[Floyd Abrams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/floyd-abrams/)

> [Were this not Texas, were there not a state where there were no protections at all and where the law was clear on that,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/floyd-abrams/were-this-not-texas-were-there-not-a-state-where-there-were-no/)

[Floyd Abrams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/floyd-abrams/)

> [I thought that one of the things that we were losing sight of is the basic reasons that we do protect free speech and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/floyd-abrams/i-thought-that-one-of-the-things-that-we-were-losing-sight-of-is-the/)

[Floyd Abrams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/floyd-abrams/)

> [I am really impressed by lawyers who write books and tell us that they never lost a case. Most lawyers who have never lost…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/floyd-abrams/i-am-really-impressed-by-lawyers-who-write-books-and-tell-us-that/)

[Floyd Abrams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/floyd-abrams/)

> [I really try at least to come back and answer the question as to whether that was really the best way to do that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/floyd-abrams/i-really-try-at-least-to-come-back-and-answer-the-question-as-to/)

[Floyd Abrams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/floyd-abrams/)

> [I think we have some serious problems now, but, if you look back over the last thirty or forty years that my book deals…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/floyd-abrams/i-think-we-have-some-serious-problems-now-but-if-you-look-back-over/)

[Floyd Abrams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/floyd-abrams/)

> [I try to do that in this book without preaching - to try to do as you just said that you really have to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/floyd-abrams/i-try-to-do-that-in-this-book-without-preaching-to-try-to-do-as-you/)

[Floyd Abrams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/floyd-abrams/)

> [I would say that the Pentagon Papers case of 1971 - in which the government tried to block the 'The New York Times' and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/floyd-abrams/i-would-say-that-the-pentagon-papers-case-of-1971-in-which-the/)

[Floyd Abrams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/floyd-abrams/)

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