Amendment Quotes

422 quotes by 291 authors

Under the First Amendment there is no such thing as a false idea. However pernicious an opinion may seem, we depend for its correction not… — Lewis F. Powell, Jr.
Criticism of government finds sanctuary in several portions of the 1st Amendment. It is part of the right of free speech. It embraces freedom of… — Hugo Black
The Second Amendment isn't about duck hunting or target shooting. — Massad Ayoob
Do the people of this landâ€¦desire to preserve those [liberties] protected by the First Amendmentâ€¦ If so, let them withstand all beginnings of encroachment. For… — George Sutherland
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
The takings clause of the Fifth Amendment is for conservatives what the equal protection clause of the 14th is for liberals. — Michael Kinsley
Indeed, that the Second Amendment poses no barrier to strong gun laws is perhaps the most well-settled proposition in American constitutional law. — Erwin Griswold
The First Amendment was written by the Founders to protect the free exercise of Christianity. — Bryan Fischer
All that first term, lip service to gun owners is just part of a massive Obama conspiracy to deceive voters and hide his true intentions… — Wayne LaPierre
Neither the wording of the amendment itself nor common practice challenged the widely held belief that government guaranteed freedom of religion, not freedom from religion. — Linda Chavez
I'm a crusader. I really believe in the First Amendment, and I use it fully, and I pay a price for that. — Al Goldstein
Let me say this, to all of the chattering class that so much focuses on those little tiny, yes, porky amendments - the American people… — Charles Schumer
It has been pretty much downhill ever since the 13th amendment — Zach Braff
Just think - guns have a constitutional amendment protecting them and women don't. — Eleanor Smeal
I have worked to expand the health care debate beyond the current for-profit system, to include a public option and an amendment to free the… — Dennis Kucinich
Motion pictures are of course a different medium of expression than the public speech, the radio, the stage, the novel, or the magazine. But the… — William O. Douglas
It was not until the Abraham Lincoln administration that an income tax was imposed on Americans. Its stated purpose was to finance the war, but… — Walter E. Williams
The Wright Amendment is a pain in the ass, but not every pain in the ass is a constitutional infringement. — Herb Kelleher
The First Amendment reads more like a dream than a law, and no other nation, so far as I know, has been crazy enough to… — Kurt Vonnegut
And so popular culture raises issues that are very important, actually, in the country I think. You get issues of the First Amendment rights and… — Kurt Loder

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