“I do not believe that it can be too often repeated that the freedoms of speech, press, petition and assembly guaranteed by the First Amendment must be accorded to the ideas we hate or sooner or later they will be denied to the ideas we cherish. The first banning of an association because it advocates hated ideas - whether that association be called a political party or not - marks a fateful moment in the history of a free country.”
![“All ideas having even the slightest redeeming social importance - unorthodox ideas, controversial ideas, even ideas hateful to the prevailing climate of opinion, have the full protection of the guarantees [of the First Amendment].” quote by William J. Brennan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/553/william-j-brennan-15212_amendments_all-ideas-having-even-the-slightest-rede_3076253.jpg)
![“In this country [the USA], you have got to tolerate things you do not like in order to preserve the First Amendment, in order to preserve democracy, and if people start bullying people into fearing that if I say something I could offend people, that is exactly why we have a constitution.” quote by Harvey Levin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/573/harvey-levin-62730_amendments_in-this-country-the-usa-you-have-got-to_2347504.jpg)
