Activity Quote by George Will

The Framers [of the Constitution] . . . created the federally protected right of silence and decreed that the law could not be used…

— William O. Douglas

The framers gave us the Second Amendment not so we could go deer or duck hunting but to give us a modicum of protection…

— Walter E. Williams

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

The First Amendment is not without limits.

— Jerry Falwell

“From gun shows, where they openly promote their product by imploring customers to buy “while you still can,” to homegrown militias who apparently believe…

— Trae Crowder

I believe that the Framers of the Constitution made their intent clear when they wrote the First Amendment. I believe they wanted to keep…

— Nick Rahall

“First Amendment freedoms are most in danger when the government seeks to control thought or to justify its laws for that impermissible end. The…

— Anthony M. Kennedy

The First Amendment was designed to protect offensive speech, because nobody ever tries to ban the other kind.

— Mike Godwin

The notion that the First Amendment has no limitations whatsoever is balderdash.

— Trey Gowdy

At the heart of the First Amendment is the recognition of the fundamental importance of the free flow of ideas and opinions on matters…

— William Rehnquist

The first amendment ensures not that speech will be fair, but that it will be free. It cannot be both.

— David Mamet

The framers of our Constitution understood the dangers of unbridled government surveillance. They knew that democracy could flourish only in spaces free from government…

— Elizabeth Holtzman