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“Repeatedly courts turned to the First Amendment. The right to speak is fundamental, but is limited or regulated under myriad circumstances. You are not…

— Michael Waldman

The First Amendment was designed to protect offensive speech, because nobody ever tries to ban the other kind.

— Mike Godwin

The First Amendment is the First Amendment for a reason - our most cherished right. But it often creates muddy and uncomfortable situations, ones…

— Rod Lurie

The First Amendment serves not only the needs of the polity but also those of the human spirit- a spirit that demands self-expression .

— Thurgood Marshall

The basis of the First Amendment is the hypothesis that speech can rebut speech, propaganda will answer propaganda, free debate of ideas will result…

— Fred M. Vinson

But it is recognized that punishment for the abuse of the liberty accorded to the press is essential to the protection of the public,…

— Charles Evans Hughes

The First Amendment defends all forms of speech including hate speech, which is why groups like Ku Klux Klan are allowed to utter their…

— Salman Rushdie

The very reason for the First Amendment is to make the people of this country free to think, speak, write and worship as they…

— Hugo Black

When I began we did not really have a lot of First Amendment law. It is really surprising to think of it this way,…

— Floyd Abrams

The first amendment is freedom of speech of what you believe in, if you speak something its your right to say what you feel…

— Jenny The Jawbreaker

The relevant part of the First Amendment here prohibits the making of any law, quote, "abridging the freedom of speech." And it's pretty well-established…

— Laura Sydell

In the U.S., free speech and the press are protected by the First Amendment. It has a clarity unmatched by modern legislators and declares…

— Jacob Rees-Mogg