Amendment Quote by Floyd Abrams

The First Amendment is the First Amendment for a reason - our most cherished right. But it often creates muddy and uncomfortable situations, ones…

— Rod Lurie

The first amendment gives us the liberty of expression, of religion, and assembly. Sometimes we don't like what people have to say, but that's…

— Ruben Diaz Sr

The First Amendment, I think, is the jewel of our Constitution.

— Samuel Alito

The First Amendment reads more like a dream than a law, and no other nation, so far as I know, has been crazy enough…

— Kurt Vonnegut

We have a First Amendment for good reasons. We need a free press because without an educated electorate we cannot have a functioning democracy.

— Jill Stein

The First Amendment is very important, but it's not everything.

— Anthony Lewis

In this country [the USA], you have got to tolerate things you do not like in order to preserve the First Amendment, in order…

— Harvey Levin

It just seems to be a human trait to want to protect the speech of people with whom we agree. For the First Amendment,…

— Floyd Abrams

The very reason for the First Amendment is to make the people of this country free to think, speak, write and worship as they…

— Hugo Black

I begin to feel like most Americans don't understand the First Amendment, don't understand the idea of freedom of speech, and don't understand that…

— Roger Ebert

In the U.S., free speech and the press are protected by the First Amendment. It has a clarity unmatched by modern legislators and declares…

— Jacob Rees-Mogg

No one respects the First Amendment more than I do. People have a right to express their concerns and their hopes and dreams to…

— Anthony Foxx