Access Quote by Pete Wilson

When you have mass surveillance, it's impossible to meet the intent of the First Amendment because reporters can't talk to sources because sources are…

— Pierre Omidyar

The First Amendment is not a blanket freedom-of-information act. The constitutional newsgathering freedom means the media can go where the public can, but enjoys…

— George Will

Privacy is not explicitly spelled out in the Constitution as freedom of speech is in the First Amendment.

— Larry Flynt

In the U.S., free speech and the press are protected by the First Amendment. It has a clarity unmatched by modern legislators and declares…

— Jacob Rees-Mogg

The First Amendment does not give you the right to commit a crime.

— Jeanine Pirro

However, they ignore the fact that the First Amendment is intended to protect only against government sanctions for exercising free speech rights, not private…

— Ed Koch

The First Amendment applies to rogues and scoundrels. You don't lose your First Amendment rights because of a sleazy personality, or even for having…

— Naomi Wolf

It's perfectly within [Martin Peretz] rights [to fire a journalist]. It's a private - you know, th - it's not censorship. The First Amendment…

— Nat Hentoff

The First Amendment is not without limits.

— Jerry Falwell

If the Government is going to intrude upon the sacred ground of the First Amendment and tell its citizens that their exercise of protected…

— Ronald L. Buckwalter

The liberty of the press is indeed essential to the nature of a free state: but this consists in laying no previous restraints upon…

— William Blackstone

The American people must be assured that no federal agency can trample their First Amendment rights.

— Mark Meadows