Amendment Quote by Hugo Black

Does the U.S. Constitution stand for anything in an era of government excess? Can that founding document, which is supposed to restrain the power…

— Cal Thomas

I stand by the Constitution and I stand by the Second Amendment and it's something that I take pride in. It's something that I'll…

— J. D. Martinez

In vain they seek to hide behind the flag and the Constitution. In their blindness they forget what the flag and the Constitution stand…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

An unconditional right to say what one pleases about public affairs is what I consider to be the minimum guarantee of the First Amendment.

— Hugo Black

I am for the First Amendment from the first word to the last. I believe it means what it says.

— Hugo Black

The First Amendment's language leaves no room for inference that abridgments of speech and press can be made just because they are slight. That…

— Hugo Black

The First Amendment has erected a wall between church and state. That wall must be kept high and impregnable. We could not approve the…

— Hugo Black

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

Compelling a man by law to pay his money to elect candidates or advocate law or doctrines he is against differs only in degree,…

— Hugo Black

The First Amendment has erected a wall between church and state. That wall must be kept high and impregnable. We could not approve the…

— Hugo Black

The "establishment of religion" clause of the First Amendment means at least this: Neither a state nor the Federal Government can set up a…

— Hugo Black

I do not believe that it can be too often repeated that the freedoms of speech, press, petition and assembly guaranteed by the First…

— Hugo Black