First Amendment Quotes

166 quotes by 121 authors

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
Leftists would like to pretend that any criticism of their views raises the specter of domestic repression. But in a country with a First Amendment,… — Andrew Sullivan
Free Speech in the College Community is a very timely book written by a dedicated scholar of the First Amendment. Challenging and readable it should… — Nancy Kassebaum
Any test that turns on what is offensive to the communitys standards is too loose, too capricious, too destructive of freedom of expression to be… — William O. Douglas
The purpose of the University of Washington cannot be to produce black lawyers for blacks, Polish lawyers for Poles, Jewish lawyers for Jews, Irish lawyers… — William O. Douglas
In my view, a corporation is not a person. A corporation does not have First Amendment rights to spend as much money as it wants,… — Bernie Sanders
The first exception [to the First Amendment] will not be the last. — Ira Glasser
But it's hard to talk about art. Maybe there should be a law against it, some First Amendment gag order like crying fire in a… — Stanley Elkin
Laws protecting the United States flag do not cut away at the freedom of speech guaranteed in the First Amendment... Congress made this position clear… — Larry Craig
The notion that the First Amendment has no limitations whatsoever is balderdash. — Trey Gowdy
The First Amendment...begins with the five loveliest words in the English language: 'Congress shall make no law'. — George Will
The courts are using the First Amendment to attack religion, when they should be using it to protect religion. — Ernest Istook
The US constitution's First Amendment rights only cover Americans, but I believe that in a democracy the competition of ideas and free speech should combat… — Joichi Ito
We, as artists, we have the right to express ourselves. That is our first amendment, freedom of speech. But I also believe that we have… — Ja Rule
An unconditional right to say what one pleases about public affairs is what I consider to be the minimum guarantee of the First Amendment. — Hugo Black
Compelling a man by law to pay his money to elect candidates or advocate law or doctrines he is against differs only in degree, if… — Hugo Black
I am for the First Amendment from the first word to the last. I believe it means what it says. — Hugo Black
The very reason for the First Amendment is to make the people of this country free to think, speak, write and worship as they wish,… — Hugo Black
The Framers of the First Amendment were not concerned with preventing government from abridging their freedom to speak about crops and cockfighting, or with protecting… — George Will

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