Amendments Quotes

359 Amendments quotes by unique 245 authors

It is better, so the Fourth Amendment teaches us, that the guilty sometimes go free than the citizens be subject to easy arrest. — William O. Douglas
I say that the Second Amendment doesn't allow for exceptions - or else it would have read that the right "to keep and bear arms… — Harry Browne
Foolish liberals who are trying to read the Second Amendment out of the constitution by claiming it's not an individual right or that it's too… — Alan Dershowitz
We cannot restore traditional American freedom unless we limit the government's power to tax. No tinkering with this, that, or the other law will stop… — Frank Chodorov
People for the American Way says it has yet to find anyone who has made a stronger case against the proposed school prayer Constitutional amendment...… — Cal Thomas
(W)e do not count heads before enforcing the First Amendment. — Sandra Day O'Connor
I believe in the American tradition of separation of church and state which is expressed in the First Amendment to the Constitution. By my office… — Lyndon B. Johnson
She is running around talking about how this is an insult to sportsmen, how she values the Second Amendment. She's talking like she's Annie Oakley. — Barack Obama
I strongly support the Second Amendment and I believe the Second Amendment ought to be preserved - which means no gun control. — John McCain
The framers gave us the Second Amendment not so we could go deer or duck hunting but to give us a modicum of protection against… — Walter E. Williams
Just as the First and Fourth Amendment secure individual rights of speech and security respectively, the Second Amendment protects an individual right to keep and… — John Ashcroft
Without either the first or second amendment, we would have no liberty; the first allows us to find out what's happening, the second allows us… — Andrew Ford
As I have stood in the crosshairs of those who target Second Amendment freedoms, I've realized that firearms are not the only issue. No, it's… — Charlton Heston
The National Guard fulfills the militia mentioned in the Second amendment. Citizens no longer need to protect the states or themselves. — Dianne Feinstein
... I must say this concerning the great controversy over rifles and shotguns. The only thing I've ever said is that in areas where the… — Malcolm X
The Second Amendment only protects the people who want all the guns they can have. The rest of us, we've got no Second Amendment. What… — Louise Slaughter
The Second Amendment comes from the right to protect themselves from slave revolts, and from uprisings by Native Americans. A revolt from people who were… — Danny Glover
Reread that pesky first clause of the Second Amendment. It doesn't say what any of us thought it said. What it says is that infringing… — L. Neil Smith
The Second Amendment of our Bill of Rights is my Concealed Weapons Permit, period. — Ted Nugent
By calling attention to 'a well regulated militia,' 'the security of the nation,' and the right of each citizen 'to keep and bear arms,' our… — John F. Kennedy

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