"... I must say this concerning the great……" — Malcolm X

"... I must say this concerning the great controversy over rifles and shotguns. The only thing I've ever said is that in areas where the government has proven itself either unwilling or unable to defend the lives and the property of Negroes, it's time for Negroes to defend themselves. Article number two of the constitutional amendments provides you and me the right to own a rifle or a shotgun. It is constitutionally legal to own a shotgun or a rifle."

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The First Amendment rejects red tape, cover-up and double-speak. — Roy Barnes
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The First Amendment means everything to me. — Julian Bond
The 22nd Amendment should probably be modified to say two consecutive terms instead of two terms for a lifetime. — William J. Clinton
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...The Bill of Rights is a literal and absolute document. The First Amendment doesn't say you have a right to… — Harry Browne
We seek a constitutional amendment to permit voluntary school prayer. God should never have been expelled from America's classrooms in… — Ronald Reagan

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