Abolitionist Quote by Elijah Parish Lovejoy

Writing is how I communicate my deepest beliefs, and what I hope are helpful observations about our dual citizenship, as children of God, as…

— Anne Lamott

The First Amendment has the same role in my life as a citizen and a writer as the sun has in our ecosystem.

— Michael Chabon

Writers, especially those of us with roots in other countries, are rarely left to ourselves. We are asked to declare our allegiances, or they…

— Dinaw Mengestu

The following [addition to the Bill of Rights] would have pleased me: The people shall not be deprived or abridged of their right to…

— Thomas Jefferson

The people shall not be deprived or abridged of their right to speak, or to publish their sentiments; and the freedom of the press,…

— James Madison

Let every American, every lover of liberty, every well wisher to his posterity, swear by the blood of the Revolution, never to violate in…

— Abraham Lincoln

I want to make a toast to all at this press event who agree with Thomas Jefferson, who said that our liberty depends on…

— Sarah Palin

As a U.S. citizen, I cherish the First Amendment.

— Mona Eltahawy

I shall hold myself particularly answerable to my constituents for my present conduct, and in general to all my fellow Citizens throughout these States,…

— Henry Laurens

I need you to do more than survive. As writers, as revolutionaries, tell the truth, your truth in your own way.

— Dorothy Allison

I certainly think I'll end up writing about America in some form. I've taken plenty of notes. I like America very much.

— Helen Fielding

I urge calm and sensitivity to the fundamental civil liberties of our country.

— Larry Craig