Famous Quotes & Sayings

The state's Transportation Improvement Plan had an amendment to it. What it means is, the intersections will be funded for improvements in FY06 and will most likely go to construction in spring or summer of this year.

The state is not going to restrict their First Amendment rights, just as we don't restrict the political giving of thousands of people who contract with the state of Texas.

Tom DeLay

I understand there may be an opportunity for the Amendment on another bill, like energy, and you know we will do whatever we can to help... Thanks for all you've done.

I used the First Amendment to protect sources and to protect some journalists, and I felt very strongly about that, ... It was a serious criminal investigation, and I felt compelled to protect the sources of information and the journalists reporting the information.

We welcome today's lease amendment, and when that amendment becomes final, we will immediately begin to examine available options in San Diego County. The Chargers are very hopeful that the amendment will result in the building of a new Super Bowl-caliber stadium in San Diego County.

Tom Daschle

We feel very strongly that this wasn't the approach in which we would have chosen to debate this incredibly important issue, ... We are having to deal with very unfair and very unfortunate circumstances, so we will present our case through the amendment process.

We felt that under the First Amendment free speech protections that we did not have the right to, based on content, refuse the ad.

The subcommittee missed an opportunity to maintain the free and open Internet that we have come to value over the years. The amendment ... would have set fair and reasonable boundaries on the conduct of telephone and cable companies which now will have control over the Internet, while guaranteeing the rights of consumers.

Mark Brown

The tape is not direct evidence, but is indeed, unreliable hearsay, which violates the defendant's Sixth Amendment rights. The defendant cannot cross-examine a videotape.

The tension we have is whether a private institution should live by societal First Amendment protection or whether a private institution should go its own way. At this point, Syracuse as an institution tilts toward having a code and enforcing it.

David Daniels

The biggest concern with that amendment are annual increases with no decreases. If we have substantial bad economic times, it continues to go up.

Thomas Jefferson

The beauty of the second amendment is that it will not be needed until they try to take it.

The bankruptcy law was not intended to attack physicians but it is the law of unintended consequences. You just can't look at the bankruptcy law in isolation. You must look at it in the context of Amendment 8, the 'three strikes' law.

It's important that kids feel free to exercise their First Amendment rights, but they should also know that it isn't without consequences.

Anthony Romero

It's increasingly clear that the government is involved in political surveillance of organizations that are involved in nothing more than lawful First Amendment activities, ... It raises very serious questions about whether the FBI is back to its old tricks.

It's unfortunate that those that oppose the marriage amendment are using issues like domestic violence as scare tactics.

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.

Roy Blunt

It's fair to say the White House has made the case -- both the president and the vice president -- that the McCain amendment is harmful,

Floyd Abrams

It seems to me one thing to criticize her for certain errors in particular coverage, but it's deeply disturbing to see so many journalists ignore or discount the significant 1st Amendment battle she has just engaged in.

Jonathan Turley

It's hard to describe how many parts of the U.S. Constitution this law actually violates . . . It interferes with constitutional guarantees regarding contracts (to rent rooms), families, equal protection, even First Amendment issues like freedom of association. ... It's hard to believe any attorney actually reviewed this law.

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

James Green

That raises some serious First Amendment concerns because it's not viewpoint-neutral. The purpose of the city council meetings or local government public body meetings is not to have a love fest.

Harry S Truman

That precedent should continue-not by a Constitutional amendment but by custom based on the honor of the man in the office.

It's not a good thing to have somebody like Fred Phelps out there screaming things while your loved one is being buried but unfortunately, he does have a right under the First Amendment to do that.

Everyone involved with this misguided law has known from the start that it is an unconstitutional infringement on the First Amendment freedoms of those who create and sell video games.

Bill White

As mayor, I avoid commenting on state and federal laws and policies I do not influence, ... I intend to vote 'no' on the proposed state constitutional amendment to protest its use as a wedge issue.

That's why the McCain amendment is important, and that's why this language they're floating now would gut it,

Bill was instrumental in passing the Georgia amendment defining marriage, which was critical to our state. He is a proven conservative and I'm proud to be standing here today with Bill Stephens.

Bill was instrumental in passing the Georgia amendment defining marriage. He is a proven conservative.

Chris Barron

The Ninth Amendment makes it clear that all the rights spelled out in the Constitution aren't the end of rights as we know them. It makes it clear that there are rights reserved to people that aren't spelled out in the Constitution.