First Amendment Quotes

166 quotes by 121 authors

I remember when TV networks believed in the First Amendment. It is a messed up situation when Miley Cyrus gets a laugh, and Phil Robertson… — Bobby Jindal
From a constitutional standpoint, the religion of a candidate is supposed to make no difference. Even before the founding fathers dreamed up the First Amendment,… — Noah Feldman
The government argues that First Amendment rights are outweighed by the need to prosecute those who transmit classified information and documents. — Noam Chomsky
It does not help when an administration, in response to American attacks on American soil and American individuals, the administration ends up asking Americans to… — Louie Gohmert
They ought to put an amendment to the First Amendment that says there shall also be freedom of hearing. — Tom Smothers
Remember: the ratings system is a voluntary infringement of First Amendment rights, an uneasy bargain between the needs of parents, the needs of artists, and… — Marshall Herskovitz
People may be due the benefits of a democratic electoral process. But in the United States, content curators appropriately have a First Amendment right to… — Jonathan Zittrain
No one respects the First Amendment more than I do. People have a right to express their concerns and their hopes and dreams to their… — Anthony Foxx
I urge the citizens of Ferguson who have been peacefully exercising their First Amendment rights to join with law enforcement in condemning the actions of… — Eric Holder
The first amendment makes it clear that we are free to practice religion without government interference. The Constitution also establishes the separation of church and… — Roxane Gay
The First Amendment is not an altar on which we must sacrifice our children, families, and community standards. Obscene material that is not protected by… — Orrin Hatch
You may not be aware of a recent survey that showed that if the First Amendment were put to a popular vote today, it would… — James E. Rogers
The First Amendment does not guarantee the press a constitutional right of special access to information not available to the general public, nor does it… — Pete Wilson
As a consequence, the Court ruled that the limits on campaign spending violated the First Amendment, but it accepted the $1,000 limit on individual contributions… — James L. Buckley
When I began we did not really have a lot of First Amendment law. It is really surprising to think of it this way, but… — Floyd Abrams
There are some circumstances in which the First Amendment interest comes up against another interest that is really important and in which we have to… — Floyd Abrams
I try to do that in this book without preaching - to try to do as you just said that you really have to defend… — Floyd Abrams
The point is that knowledge of God is not prohibited under the First Amendment. — Roy Moore
The First Amendment to the Constitution reflects that concept recognized in the Ten Commandments, that the duties we owe to God and the manner of… — Roy Moore
The First Amendment is often inconvenient. But that is beside the point. Inconvenience does not absolve the government of its obligation to tolerate speech. — Anthony Kennedy

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