- Nov 07, 2020
Amendment Rights Quotes
Quotes on First, Second, and 14th Amendment rights.
This collection gathers quotes on constitutional amendment rights, including First Amendment protections for creative works like comics and free expression, as well as Second Amendment gun rights and 14th Amendment due process.
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- First
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- Nov 07, 2020
I do believe that supporting our First Amendment rights and supporting local law enforcement are not mutually exclusive.
- Free
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the case of the Obama poster, I was just exercising my First Amendment rights - and my free speech is exercised visually. People who want to talk or write in order to share an opinion about Obama can do that, but when I want to say what I think about him, I need to make a portrait.
- Fight
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- Nov 07, 2020
So the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund is out there preserving and fighting for, and sometimes winning and sometimes losing, the fight for First Amendment rights in comics and, more generally, for freedom of speech.
- Lose
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- Nov 07, 2020
The First Amendment applies to rogues and scoundrels. You don't lose your First Amendment rights because of a sleazy personality, or even for having committed a crime. Felons in jail are protected by the First Amendment.
- Extraordinarily
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- Nov 07, 2020
History has shown us that, on extraordinarily rare occasions, it becomes necessary for the federal government to intervene on behalf of individuals whose 14th Amendment rights to legal due process and equal protection may be violated by a state.
- First Amendment Rights
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's never a good thing to see a government agency talk in secret about the need to 'control protestors' - especially when that agency is charged with protecting the homeland against terrorists, not nonviolent demonstrators exercising their First Amendment rights to peaceable dissent.
- Forgiveness
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believe in forgiveness, I believe in second chances, and I believe we should find a way to restore the Second Amendment rights to people who are qualified and have shown themselves qualified to have those rights restored to them.
- Hands
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- Nov 07, 2020
I certainly think that we can take steps to prevent this kind of weapon that is designed to create mass casualties from getting into the hands of the wrong people while still protecting the Second Amendment rights of the people of New Hampshire and making sure that we're protecting the ownership and use of legitimate hunting rifles.
- Coupled
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- Nov 07, 2020
In hindsight, Watergate was a curse as well as a blessing for American journalism. The courageous reporting of the 'Post' and the 'New York Times' - coupled with the favourable Supreme Court rulings on publication of the Pentagon Papers - were landmarks for the interpretation of First Amendment rights and the freedom of the press.
- First Amendment Rights
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- Nov 07, 2020
And so popular culture raises issues that are very important, actually, in the country I think. You get issues of the First Amendment rights and issues of drug use, issues of AIDS, and things like that all arise naturally out of pop culture.
- Competition
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- Nov 07, 2020
The US constitution's First Amendment rights only cover Americans, but I believe that in a democracy the competition of ideas and free speech should combat beliefs that it does not agree with - more speech and debate, not censorship.
- Faith
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is a group of people that I think in good faith honestly believe that further curtailing our Second Amendment rights will enhance public safety. But there's another group that just hates the Second Amendment.
- First Amendment Rights
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- Nov 07, 2020
While everyone has First Amendment rights to free speech, the law strictly prohibits attorneys from releasing confidential and privileged information.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
It just seems to be a human trait to want to protect the speech of people with whom we agree. For the First Amendment, that is not good enough. So it is really important that we protect First Amendment rights of people no matter what side of the line they are on.
- First Amendment Rights
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- Nov 07, 2020