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First off, I never favored a constitutional amendment to criminalize abortion or to overturn Roe v. Wade. — Dennis Kucinich

If you're not going to offend somebody you don't need the First Amendment. — Larry Flynt

The First Amendment was designed to allow for disruption of business as usual. It is not a quiet and subdued amendment or right. — Naomi Wolf

Under the privilege of the First Amendment many, many ridiculous things are said. — John Kenneth Galbraith

I want to regain my First Amendment rights. — Laura Schlessinger

The courts are using the First Amendment to attack religion, when they should be using it to protect religion. — Ernest Istook

The next great First Amendment battleground is just six inches high. It is a license plate bearing the Confederate flag. — Anonymous

The First Amendment was written by the Founders to protect the free exercise of Christianity. — Bryan Fischer

First Amendment speech and press rights may also be subordinated to the overriding need to wage war successfully. — John Yoo

You're telling me that the separation of church and state is found in the First Amendment? — Christine O'Donnell

The notion that the First Amendment has no limitations whatsoever is balderdash. — Trey Gowdy

It is a very odd sort of Patriot that would destroy the First Amendment to protect the Second. — Jerry Holkins

The First Amendment, I think, is the jewel of our Constitution. — Samuel Alito

That wall, embodied in the First Amendment, is perhaps America's most important contribution to political progress on this planet. — Lowell P. Weicker Jr.

The First Amendment only says 'Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion.' It can disrespect all it wants. — P. J. O'Rourke

You may not be aware of a recent survey that showed that if the First Amendment were put to a popular vote today, it would fail by a 60% to 40% vote. — James E. Rogers

The First Amendment says keep government out of religion. It doesn't say keep religion out of government. — Rand Paul

The First Amendment rejects red tape, cover-up and double-speak. — Roy Barnes

The way liberals are interpreting the First Amendment today is that it prevents anyone who is religious from being in government. — Rush Limbaugh

The First Amendment doesn't give anybody the right to be heard. People don't have to listen to you. — Rush Limbaugh

I'm not interested in censorship. I like the First Amendment very much. — Henry Rollins

Any time someone carries a picket sign in front of the White House, that is the First Amendment in action. — Julian Bond

The First Amendment is not without limits. — Jerry Falwell

If America has a civic religion, the First Amendment is its central article of faith. — Henry Louis Gates

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

I'm a crusader. I really believe in the First Amendment, and I use it fully, and I pay a price for that. — Al Goldstein

The net effect of the distortion of the First Amendment is to require that wherever the state is, religion must be excluded. — Pat Swindall

The spirit of the First Amendment has been effectively repealed for conservative speech by a censorious, accusatory mob. — Ann Coulter

I'm really proud of this Supreme Court and the way they've been dealing with the issue of First Amendment political speech. — Mitch McConnell

That's in the First Amendment? — Christine O'Donnell

The First Amendment ... begins with the five loveliest words in the English language: 'Congress shall make no law'. — George Will

(W)e do not count heads before enforcing the First Amendment. — Sandra Day O'Connor

It's freedom of speech, not freedom from consequences and/or ridicule. — A.E. Samaan

Banning guns because of their misuse is like banning the First Amendment because one might libel or slander. — Ron Paul

An M.P. once suggested I be put in the Tower of London for saying derogatory things about the royals. There's no First Amendment in my country. — Tracey Ullman

We don't have the freedom of speech to talk about the weather. We have the first amendment so we can say some very controversial things. — Ron Paul

The First Amendment freedom of religion is as important today as when the Bill of Rights was first written. — Arlen Specter

The press is the only institution that is truly accountable. The founding fathers put the First Amendment first for a reason. — Rupert Murdoch

The First Amendment is first for a reason - it cannot be ignored by the D.C. City Council. — James Lankford

The First Amendment means everything to me. — Julian Bond

But it's hard to talk about art. Maybe there should be a law against it, some First Amendment gag order like crying fire in a crowded theater. — Stanley Elkin

Is any blogger out there saying anything - do they deserve First Amendment protection? These are the issues of our times. — Lindsey Graham

No one respects the First Amendment more than I do. People have a right to express their concerns and their hopes and dreams to their government. — Anthony Foxx

The dominant purpose of the First Amendment was to prohibit the widespread practice of government suppression of embarrassing information. — William O. Douglas

You know why there's a Second Amendment? In case the government fails to follow the first one. — Rush Limbaugh

Tolerance is a one-way street in the Age of Obama. 'Choice' is in the eye (and iron fist) of the First Amendment usurper. — Michelle Malkin

The Internet, as a First Amendment medium, hinges on free expression, and that means free advertising. — Jerry Yang

An unconditional right to say what one pleases about public affairs is what I consider to be the minimum guarantee of the First Amendment. — Hugo Black

The government argues that First Amendment rights are outweighed by the need to prosecute those who transmit classified information and documents. — Noam Chomsky

The First Amendment serves not only the needs of the polity but also those of the human spirit- a spirit that demands self-expression . — Thurgood Marshall

I am for the First Amendment from the first word to the last. I believe it means what it says. — Hugo Black

When you break an agreement in a relationship, you must offer an amendment first, or it is meaningless. — Marshall Sylver

The point is that knowledge of God is not prohibited under the First Amendment. — Roy Moore

The First Amendment has the same role in my life as a citizen and a writer as the sun has in our ecosystem. — Michael Chabon

I have four children, and I want them to grow up in a country that has a working First Amendment. — Frank Zappa

I'm a big supporter of the Second Amendment. But I think I have a First Amendment right not to be shot. — Michael Nutter

Amendment to live by-
J.O.Y.
Jesus first,
Others second,
Yourself last. — Michelle Duggar

The first exception [to the First Amendment] will not be the last. — Ira Glasser

The first amendment protects free speech, but if you don't have freedom of thought, do you really have freedom of speech? — Rob Kampia

The First Amendment makes confidence in the common sense of our people and in the maturity of their judgement the great postulate of our democracy. — William O. Douglas

I can only assume that your editorial writer tripped over the First Amendment and thought it was the office cat. — E.B. White

The First Amendment is about how we govern ourselves - not about how we titillate ourselves sexually. — Robert Bork

As to the media, they are protected by the First Amendment, as they should be. — L. Neil Smith

The First Amendment was not intended to withdraw the Christian religion as a whole from the protection of Congress. — Joseph Story

The First Amendment is very important, but it's not everything. — Anthony Lewis

I would bet there is no place in the United States where the First Amendment would survive intact. — Nat Hentoff

The First Amendment contradicts the First Commandment. — Aron Ra

Today, the religion clauses of the First Amendment do not need to be fixed; they need to be followed. — Walter F. Mondale

It is called the First Amendment ... Simple words marching in seried ranks. Compact, concise. To the point. Clear and pure. It's freedom's music. — Jack Valenti

To the ACLU, the First Amendment speaks more directly to freedom from religion than it does to freedom of religion. — William Anthony Donohue

The first step towards amendment is the recognition of error. — Seneca The Younger

I must acknowledge God. It says so in the Constitution of Alabama. It says so in the First Amendment of the Constitution. — Roy Moore

In Cyberspace, the First Amendment is a local ordinance. — John Perry Barlow

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

A well-regulated militia," Bode added, "like they talk about in the Second Amendment." "Oh," said Shiner. He hadn't read the first one yet. — Carl Hiaasen

They ought to put an amendment to the First Amendment that says there shall also be freedom of hearing. — Tom Smothers