“The Government may not suppress lawful speech as the means to suppress unlawful speech.” MayMeanGovernmentSpeechFreedom Of SpeechUnlawful Author:Anthony Kennedy
“A law imposing criminal penalties on protected speech is a stark example of speech suppression.” LawExampleSpeechCriminalsProtectedFreedom Of SpeechPenaltiesStarksImposingSuppression Author:Anthony Kennedy
“First Amendment freedoms are most in danger when the government seeks to control thought or to justify its laws for that impermissible end. The right to think is the beginning of freedom, and speech must be protected from the government because speech is the beginning of thought.” ThinkingFirstsEndsGovernmentLawDangerSpeechJustifyCensorshipAmendmentsProtectedFree SpeechFreedom Of SpeechFirst AmendmentFreedom Of ThoughtAmendment 1Freedom To Read Author:Anthony Kennedy
“The First Amendment is often inconvenient. But that is besides the point. Inconvenience does not absolve the government of its obligation to tolerate speech.” FirstsDoeGovernmentFreedomSpeechObligationAmendmentsTolerateFirst AmendmentInconvenienceInconvenient Author:Anthony Kennedy
“The remedy for speech that is false is speech that is true. This is the ordinary course in a free society. The response to the unreasoned is the rational; to the uninformed, the enlightened; to the straight-out lie, the simple truth.” LyingCoursesSimpleSpeechOrdinaryResponseRationalEnlightenedRemedyFree SocietySimple TruthsUninformed Author:Anthony Kennedy
