Amendments Quote by Mike Godwin

The First Amendment defends all forms of speech including hate speech, which is why groups like Ku Klux Klan are allowed to utter their…

— Salman Rushdie

The relevant part of the First Amendment here prohibits the making of any law, quote, "abridging the freedom of speech." And it's pretty well-established…

— Laura Sydell

Yes, the First Amendment gives us the right to be 'offensive' with our speech. Given the fact that a new thing seems to be…

— Kat Timpf

It just seems to be a human trait to want to protect the speech of people with whom we agree. For the First Amendment,…

— Floyd Abrams

“the First Amendment exists to protect controversial speech, not speech we love that ruffles no feathers.”

— Megyn Kelly

While I unconditionally support the First Amendment, inciting violence against others due to their political affiliation is not constitutionally protected speech.

— Matt Gaetz

Government censorship of speech with which it disagrees not only violates the First Amendment, but is antithetical to the American system, which posits that…

— Bill Hagerty

The first amendment is freedom of speech of what you believe in, if you speak something its your right to say what you feel…

— Jenny The Jawbreaker

In this country [the USA], you have got to tolerate things you do not like in order to preserve the First Amendment, in order…

— Harvey Levin

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

— David Mamet

The first amendment gives us the liberty of expression, of religion, and assembly. Sometimes we don't like what people have to say, but that's…

— Ruben Diaz Sr

No one understands that the First Amendment is only important if you are going to offend somebody. If you're not going to offend somebody,…

— Larry Flynt