Famous Quotes & Sayings

Michael Chabon

It just made sense to apply this on a grander scale. If one of us can raise that much for a nonprofit on his own, what could a dozen or more authors pull in for the First Amendment Project?

It is very possible before the Human Life Amendment gets to the Supreme Court that another justice might also retire.

It is up to us to let people know what is very important and passing a class-size amendment is very important.

It's a good day for democracy in Illinois and for the First Amendment and the freedoms it gives citizens to speak and assemble. Everyone should be free to conduct a funeral without the harassment of a hate group.

I truly understand the passion about where your child goes to school but dealing with it as proposed is just plain wrong and contradicts the idea of 'less government' where it doesn't belong. I also understand the politics here, I know the predicament the Governor will be placed in if the bill reaches his desk, and I ask each of you to do the right thing regardless of the political consequences and not sign the amended bill.

Anthony Principi

I, too, strongly support this amendment ... it is a superb depot and they are doing a great job in this period of war.

Sarah Brady

They are looking only to protect gun owners' quote - and I stress that - rights, because I don't believe gun owners have rights. The Second Amendment has never been interpreted that way. Now I am not for taking guns away or denying guns to law-abiding citizens, but I don't think it's a constitutional right that they have, and every court case that's ever come down has shown that.

Adam Levine

It was a good day for the First Amendment and free expression.

It's limited enough that you're not unduly focusing on anyone's First Amendment rights.

It should not be the end of the privacy debate to say that technological change takes information outside the protection of the Fourth Amendment as interpreted by the courts 25 years ago, ... What we need is to translate the Fourth Amendment's vision of limited government power and personal privacy to the global, decentralized, networked environment of the Internet.

It should be the responsibility of every polluter to make amends and pay compensation for the pollution they cause.

It's good to see that the kids are practicing what they're learning in their government classes. They know their First Amendment rights.

Larry Flynt

I believe in the First Amendment (freedom of speech) very strongly ... and there's no reason to quit now, ... All the support has been extremely amazing.

Governments don't tax the exercise of constitutional freedoms, that's why we have municipal budgets and publicly funded police departments. People don't pay to exercise their First Amendment rights, that is contradictory to how the Constitution works.

Richard Land

If he doesn't change his mind and support this amendment he will have a virtually impossible task to win the Republican nomination.

I felt we could have gone a little further. We'll just have to make amends in the years to come.

I do think a constitutional amendment is needed.

Mathew Staver

I don't see that the city would have any compelling reason to prohibit her from displaying small flags in her windows. It's a violation of her First Amendment rights,

Mitt Romney

I am pleased that the compromise amendment before the Constitutional Convention was defeated. Now, we can work to put on the ballot a simpler amendment that simply defines marriage as between a man and a woman.

Jim Jeffords

I am not precluding the hope and belief that when the president fully understands what this means and what my amendment would mean, that we will hopefully have a change in attitude and that my goal is the same as John Breaux's. I would like to see us vote out a budget by 90 votes ... not just hanging on by a vote or two.

I feel like an 8-year old kid who just got a bike on Christmas morning. It was a huge sigh of relief to get this win tonight. We told our kids that we had some frustrating losses this season and we could make amends in this tournament. We did a great job of holding off Pisgah's spurts because they can score in a hurry, and we didn't give up when they fought back at us at the end.

I don't think the First Amendment trumps everything.

The first thing we did was make amends with environmentalists, ... That was a biggie.

The First Amendment was designed to protect the church from the state. It was not intended to protect the state from the church.

The First Amendment requires that compelled disclosure from journalists be a last resort, ... Apple must first investigate its own house before seeking to disturb the freedom of the press.

The first amendment problems were paramount for us. So we decided that the ban violated our rights and our advertisers' rights.

P. J. O'Rourke

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

The First Amendment only restricts governmental control of speech.

The First Amendment is not a shield for illegal conduct by journalists, or journalists' sources.

Antonin Scalia

The First Amendment has not repealed the ancient rule of life, that he who pays the piper calls the tune,

Steve Frank

The framers specifically created an amendment process that was difficult, but not impossible. They didn't want to make that change easily.

The court affirmed the idea of a vigorous public forum, and that's what's refreshing. The opinion sounds these First Amendment themes. The message is: If you don't like something, there is always more speech.

The Civil Service Board has been trying to get the rules and regulations amended for some time.