Famous Quotes & Sayings

I don't believe First Amendment rights are being infringed,

Dick Thornburgh

If U.S. national sovereignty continues, it is only as a state that Puerto Rico will have permanent 10th Amendment powers over its non-federal affairs, as well as voting power in Congress.

Jim Cooper

Immortality awaits the legislator fortunate enough to have a significant law named after him. Think of Pell grants or Stafford loans for students, Sarbanes-Oxley to regulate Wall Street, or the Hyde Amendment on abortions.

In contrast to the prescribed right to statewide referendum process, there is no affirmative right under the Maine Constitution which enables citizens to enact local ordinances by petition. This conclusion is in accordance with Maine law.... In conclusion, the city drafted the charter to provide for a citizen's initiative process and the city can amend the charter to limit that process. The proposed amendment is in accordance with state and federal constitutions, as well as state statute.

John McCain

I know that money corrupts. I would rather have a clean government than one where ""First Amendment rights are being respected,"" that has become corrupt. If I had my choice, I'd rather have the clean government.

The intent had been to provide them with $1 million each. There was not as much in (the budget) as initially thought. We're going to be able to correct it with a floor amendment tomorrow.

The military must be very careful in not violating an individual's First Amendment rights,

Jerry Yang

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

The issue is, can you make a law to restrict free speech? The First Amendment says that 'Congress shall make no law (abridging the freedom of speech).' No law, period.

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

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The First Amendment has not repealed the ancient rule of life, that he who pays the piper calls the tune,

Tom Daschle

Their legislation actually creates a singles penalty that I believe will be the subject of further debate ... their amendment lopsidedly favors those at the very top of the economic scale at the expense of the middle class,

The truth is there is no $1 billion. This amendment is about deception.

Steve Frank

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

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.

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.

Once people have a chance to see the entire exhibit, I think that will help them understand the content better. The artists here are just celebrating their First Amendment rights.

Jeb Bush

Not making a good-faith effort to implement this after the state has voted and Broward County has voted, to have it be back on the ballot I think is wrong, ... Having said that, you could implement it and then put it back on the ballot -- another constitutional amendment -- and that would be fair game.

Jeb Hensarling

The newest battlefield in the fight to protect the First Amendment is the Internet, ... The Internet is the new town square, and campaign finance regulations are not appropriate there.

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.

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

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 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.

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.

Adam Levine

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

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.