Amendment Quotes

422 quotes by 291 authors

The dominant purpose of the First Amendment was to prohibit the widespread practice of government suppression of embarrassing information. — William O. Douglas
But our society - unlike most in the world - presupposes that freedom and liberty are in a frame of reference that makes the individual,… — William O. Douglas
Government...may not be hostile to any religion or to the advocacy of no-religion; and it may not aid, foster, or promote one religion or religious… — Abe Fortas
The prima facie evidence provision in this case ignores all of the contextual factors that are necessary to decide whether a particular cross burning is… — Sandra Day O'Connor
The basis of the First Amendment is the hypothesis that speech can rebut speech, propaganda will answer propaganda, free debate of ideas will result in… — Fred M. Vinson
As to the media, they are protected by the First Amendment, as they should be. — L. Neil Smith
I oppose a constitutional amendment against gay marriage. — Ed Case
Asked random questions about the First Amendment and how they would like to have it applied, if you believe in polls at all, the average… — Frank Zappa
If newsmen do not tell the truth as they see it because it might make waves, or if their bosses decide something should or should… — Richard S. Salant
Under the privilege of the First Amendment many, many ridiculous things are said. — John Kenneth Galbraith
This provision (the 4th Amendment) speaks for itself. Its plain object is to secure the perfect enjoyment of that great right of the common law,… — Joseph Story
No patent medicine was ever put to wider and more varied use than the Fourteenth Amendment. — William O. Douglas
Alcoholism, the opium habit and tobaccoism are a trio of poison habits which have been weighty handicaps to human progress during the last three centuries.… — John Harvey Kellogg
Outlawing religion form the political arena is not what the Founding Fathers intended when they drafted the First Amendment. We do a grave disservice to… — Bill Bright
Primaries are a family fight. I'm a pro-free enterprise, pro-Second Amendment, pro-life Republican. — Heather Wilson
I believe that the Framers of the Constitution made their intent clear when they wrote the First Amendment. I believe they wanted to keep the… — Nick Rahall
It's all right to agree or disagree on the balanced budget amendment. It's all right to talk about how we're going to appropriate. — Sheila Jackson Lee
The Second Amendment is the right to keep and bear arms for our citizenryThis is for usThis is for us when our government becomes tyrannical — Sharron Angle
The first amendment protects free speech, but if you don't have freedom of thought, do you really have freedom of speech? — Rob Kampia
A funny thing happened to the First Amendment on its way to the public forum. According to the Supreme Court, money is now speech and… — Robert Reich

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