"The First Amendment is often inconvenient. But that……" — Anthony Kennedy
"The First Amendment is often inconvenient. But that is beside the point. Inconvenience does not absolve the government of its obligation to tolerate speech."
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25 Quotes by Anthony Kennedy
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There's substance to the point that sociological information is new. We have five years of information to weigh against 2,000…
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The federal statute is invalid, for no legitimate purpose overcomes the purpose and effect to disparage and injure those whom…
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The lessons of the First Amendment are as urgent in the modern world as the 18th Century when it was…
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The Constitution exists precisely so that opinions and judgments, including esthetic and moral judgments about art and literature, can be…
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First Amendment freedoms are most in danger when the government seeks to control thought or to justify its laws for…
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At the heart of liberty is the right to define one's own concept of existence, of meaning, of the universe,…
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Sometimes it is easy... to enhance your prestige by not exercising your responsibility, but that's not been the tradition of…
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As the Constitution endures, persons in every generation can invoke its principles in their own search for greater freedom.
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Asking questions is an essential part of police investigation. In the ordinary sense a police officer is free to ask…
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We must never lose sight of the fact that the law has a moral foundation, and we must never fail…
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Sometimes you don't know if you're Caesar about to cross the Rubicon or Captain Queeg cutting your own tow line.
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No one questions the validity, the urgency, the essentiality of the Voting Rights Act.
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