1st Amendment Quotes

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Christopher Hitchens
“Without Thomas Jefferson and his Declaration of Independence, there would have been no American revolution that announced universal principles of liberty. Without his participation by the side of the unforgettable Marquis de Lafayette, there would have been no French proclamation of The Rights of Man. Without his brilliant negotiation of the Louisiana treaty, there would be no United States of America. Without Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, there would have been no Virginia Statute on Religious Freedom, and no basis for the most precious clause of our most prized element of our imperishable Bill of Rights - the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.”
Christopher Hitchens

Rick Warren
“A truly free society protects all faiths, and true faith protects a free society.”
Rick Warren

A.E. Samaan
“Regulated" rights are not rights. They are niceties and platitudes intended to keep the populace thinking their individual autonomy is respected by their government.”
A.E. Samaan

Dennis Prager
“There are two ways to choke off free expression. We've already discussed one of them: clamp down on free speech and declare some topics off-limits. That strategy is straightforward enough. The other, more insidious way to limit free expression is to try to change the very language people use.”
Dennis Prager, No Safe Spaces

A.E. Samaan
“Which parts of the Bill of Rights are you willing to surrender just so you can virtue signal your willingness to compromise... to find a middle ground... to be middle of the road?”
A.E. Samaan

Dennis Prager
“Humans don't really like freedom of speech," Lukianoff told them, "they like to say they like it. And they definitely like their won freedom of speech. They don't necessarily like your freedom of speech that much”
Dennis Prager, No Safe Spaces

Dennis Prager
“If you want to have everybody agreeing with you, join a club or program or church that agrees with you.”
Dennis Prager, No Safe Spaces

Dennis Prager
“If there's a violent mob on campus, it isn't Ben Shapiro's fault - he's just someone coming to campus to talk about ideas. Mob violence is the mob's fault”
Dennis Prager, No Safe Spaces

Dennis Prager
“But the combination of modern hyper-parenting and left-leaning professors and administrators has allowed students to remake universities into large-scale editions of the island in Lord Of The Flies.”
Dennis Prager, No Safe Spaces

Dennis Prager
“Like Whitney Houston, we believe the children are the future. But adults are in charge of the present, and we should start acting like it.”
Dennis Prager, No Safe Spaces

Jerry Falwell
“The idea that religion and politics don't mix was invented by the Devil to keep Christians from running their own country.”
Jerry Falwell

Jessica Marie Baumgartner
“We have to remember the importance of freedom of information if we truly wish to remain informed and free to exchange
ideas.”
Jessica Marie Baumgartner

C.A.A. Savastano
“The surest way to protect the Freedom of Speech is by frequently using it.”
C.A.A. Savastano