Amendments Quote by Ira Glasser Download Open image “The first exception [to the First Amendment] will not be the last.” — Ira Glasser ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.7 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Amendments Church Exception First amendment Firsts Lasts States
You know why there's a Second Amendment? In case the government fails to follow the first one. — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
I would bet there is no place in the United States where the First Amendment would survive intact. — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
In the defense of civil liberties there can be no exceptions, or there will soon be many. — A. J. Muste Copy Share Image
The notion that the First Amendment has no limitations whatsoever is balderdash. — Trey Gowdy Copy Share Image
The people will not understand the importance of the Second Amendment until it is too late. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The beauty of the Second Amendment is that it will not be needed until they try to take it. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
You will be pleased to know I stand obediently for the national anthem, though of course I would defend your right to remain seated… — Ira Glasser Copy Share Image
The notion of religious liberty is that you cannot be forced to participate in a religious ceremony that's not of your choosing simply because… — Ira Glasser Copy Share Image
Civil liberties victories never stay won, but must be fought for over and over again. — Ira Glasser Copy Share Image
This separation was absolute in our original Republic. But the sky-godders do not give up easily. In the 1950s they actually got the phrase… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
The First Amendment makes confidence in the common sense of our people and in the maturity of their judgement the great postulate of our… — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
Anybody who pretends that how you read the 10th and 11th Amendment doesn't have a fundamental impact on the things we care about is… — Joe Biden Copy Share Image
I have a lot of guns on my ranch. I don't use them for hunting. I'm not a hunter. It's for protection. The Second… — Chuck Norris Copy Share Image
All human situations have their inconveniences. We feel those of the present but neither see nor feel those of the future; and hence we… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
If, in the opinion of the people, the distribution or modification of the constitutional powers be in any particular wrong, let it be corrected… — George Washington Copy Share Image
The First Amendment exists to protect our religious liberty--to ensure that all Americans are able to seek out worship God with all our hearts,… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
Laws that forbid the carrying of arms . . . disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes . .… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
As civil rulers, not having their duty to the people duly before them, may attempt to tyrannize,... The people are confirmed by the next… — Tench Coxe Copy Share Image
The lessons of the First Amendment are as urgent in the modern world as the 18th Century when it was written. One timeless lesson… — Anthony Kennedy Copy Share Image
The American people intuitively understand this, which is why the majority of Catholics practice birth control and some of those opposed to gay marriage… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I think the reality is that copyright law has for a very long time been a tiny little part of American jurisprudence, far removed… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image