Cases Quote by Stanley Forman Reed

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

All speech should be presumed to be protected by the Constitution, and a heavy burden should be placed on those who would censor to…

— Alan Dershowitz

We cannot sanction the view that the Constitution, while solicitous of the cognitive content of individual speech, has little or no regard for that…

— John Marshall Harlan II

“Repeatedly courts turned to the First Amendment. The right to speak is fundamental, but is limited or regulated under myriad circumstances. You are not…

— Michael Waldman

Freedom of speech is central to most every other right that we hold dear in the United States and serves to strengthen the democracy…

— Sam Farr

A law imposing criminal penalties on protected speech is a stark example of speech suppression.

— Anthony Kennedy

The Constitution, in addition to delegating certain enumerated powers to Congress, places whole areas outside the reach of Congress' regulatory authority. The First Amendment,…

— Clarence Thomas

When a legislature undertakes to proscribe the exercise of a citizen's constitutional right to free speech, it acts lawlessly; and the citizen can take…

— William O. Douglas

I forget, is freedom of speech when it's legal to say what you want or is it when it has no consequences for some…

— Eugene Mirman

Individuals have a right to freedom of speech.

— Doug Baldwin

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

Freedom of speech is a human right and the foundation upon which democracy is built. Any restriction of freedom of speech is a restriction…

— Deeyah Khan