Amendments Quotes
359 Amendments quotes by 245 unique authors
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This Government, the offspring of your own choice, uninfluenced and unawed, adopted upon full investigation and mature deliberation, completely free in its principles, in the…
— George Washington
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The [tenth] amendment states but a truism that all is retained which has not been surrendered.
— Harlan F. Stone
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The Equal Rights Amendment would "turn holy wedlock into holy deadlock."
— William Rehnquist
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And it never, ever was interpreted that the Second Amendment meant individual's right to bear arms
— Rosie O'Donnell
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The worst thing that ever happened to America was the 19th Amendment.
— Neil deGrasse Tyson
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Any time someone carries a picket sign in front of the White House, that is the First Amendment in action
— Julian Bond
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It's either the Amendment or this Confederate peace. You cannot have both.
— David Strathairn
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The spirit of the First Amendment has been effectively repealed for conservative speech by a censorious, accusatory mob.
— Ann Coulter
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They're Democrats always accusing us of repressing their speech. I say let's do it. Let's repress them. Frankly, I'm not a big fan of the…
— Ann Coulter
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This is a serious problem that will lead to a serious debate about the first amendment, but I think that the national security threat of…
— Newt Gingrich
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I would bet there is no place in the United States where the First Amendment would survive intact.
— Nat Hentoff
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Even if the flag burning amendment does become law, the larger problem will remain of how to respectfully dispose of older, tattered flags. Well, fortunately…
— Jon Stewart
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A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not…
— Robert A. Heinlein
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I am committed to the First Amendment principles of religious freedom, tolerance, and diversity. Whether Mormon, Methodist, Jewish, or Muslim, Americans should be able to…
— George W. Bush
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I do not support a constitutional amendment to prohibit gay marriage.
— Corrine Brown
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I think it's unconstitutional on the 10th Amendment front.
— Mitt Romney
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Asking questions is an essential part of police investigation. In the ordinary sense a police officer is free to ask a person for identification without…
— Anthony Kennedy
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Unfortunately, my district like many others across the country has a problem with gangs, which is why I introduced this amendment
— Bob Filner
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That's in the First Amendment?
— Christine O'Donnell
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The First Amendment is often inconvenient. But that is besides the point. Inconvenience does not absolve the government of its obligation to tolerate speech.
— Anthony Kennedy
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I am opposed to special rights for gays just as I am opposed to special rights for heterosexuals or smokers. I can attest to the…
— Alan Chambers
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Parliamentary committees are becoming more independent, tactics are becoming more sophisticated, and industries that don't want to be bushwhacked by some damaging legislative amendment will…
— John Ibbitson
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Let him never cease from prayer who has once begun it, be his life ever so wicked; for prayer is the way to amend it,…
— Teresa of Avila
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In recent years it has been suggested that the Second Amendment protects the "collective" right of states to maintain militias, while it does not protect…
— Stephen Halbrook
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What bothers me most about today is that we're getting used 2 it. ENOUGH. 2nd amendment must go. Violence has 2 stop. Culture MUST change.
— Jay Mohr
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