“For the first 200 years of our nation's history, corporations were never defined by the courts as persons with free speech rights under the First Amendment. Only in recent years have we witnessed this corporate takeover of our First Amendment, culminating in the Citizens United ruling.” YearsFirstsPersonsNationsUnitedRightsCitizensSpeechCourtDefinedCorporateCorporationsAmendmentsFree SpeechRulingFirst AmendmentTakeoversCitizens United Author:John Bonifaz
“The First Amendment was specifically designed for citizens to insult politicians. Libel laws were written to protect law students speaking out on political issues from getting called whores by Oxycontin addicts.” FirstsLawPoliticalIssuesWrittenStudentsCitizensPoliticianProtectInsultAmendmentsAddictFirst AmendmentSpeaking OutLibelPolitical IssuesLaw StudentsOxycontin Author:Bill Maher
“I begin to feel like I was in the last generation of Americans who took a civics class. I begin to feel like most Americans don't understand the First Amendment, don't understand the idea of freedom of speech, and don't understand that it's the responsibility of the citizen to speak out.” FeelsFirstsIdeasLastsSpeakResponsibilityClassGenerationsCitizensSpeechAmendmentsFreedom Of SpeechFirst AmendmentCivicsSpeaks Out Author:Roger Ebert
“Americans have the right and advantage of being armed - unlike the citizens of other countries whose governments are afraid to trust the people with arms.” PeopleCountryGovernmentLibertyArmsCitizensGunAdvantageLibertarianAmendmentsLibertarianismOther CountriesGun ControlFirst AmendmentFreedom And LibertySecond AmendmentFreedom LibertyOur Founding FathersUs Founding FathersRight To Bear ArmsBearing ArmsAmerican GovernmentPro Gun2 AmendmentFounding Fathers Second AmendmentAmerican LibertyGreat LibertarianGuns In AmericaArmed Citizens Author:James Madison
“The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in the insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well meaning but without understanding.” MenWellsWarStatesGovernmentPeaceUnderstandingFreedomLibertyDangerCitizensLibertarianPrivacyAnti WarAntiwarAmendmentsRulersFirst AmendmentGoverningZealFreedom And LibertyFreedom LibertyCivil LibertiesProperty RightsLimited GovernmentRight To Bear ArmsBearing ArmsInsidiousLimiting GovernmentRights And FreedomsLibertarian PartyFounding Fathers GunLimited Freedom2 AmendmentUnited States GovernmentEncroachmentEternal VigilanceGreat LibertarianLiberty And JusticeAmerica FreedomPrice Of FreedomSupreme Court JusticeLimiting FreedomGreat FreedomAmendment 1Government PolicyFourth AmendmentGovernment And PoliticsFreedom To ReadLaw CourtsAmendment 4Controlling GovernmentLiberty And Justice For AllSecurity And FreedomJustice TruthDivided GovernmentConflicting OpinionsWrits Of Assistance Author:Louis D. Brandeis
“Experience teaches us to be most on our guard to protect liberty when the government's purposes are beneficent.” GovernmentPurposeLibertyTeachCitizensProtectLibertarianPrivacyAmendmentsRulersFirst AmendmentGoverningFreedom And LibertyFree SocietyFreedom LibertyCivil LibertiesProperty RightsLimited GovernmentVigilanceRight To Bear ArmsBearing ArmsInsidiousLimiting GovernmentRights And FreedomsLibertarian PartyFounding Fathers GunLimited FreedomEncroachmentEternal VigilanceLiberty And JusticePrice Of FreedomSupreme Court JusticeLimiting FreedomAmendment 1Government PolicyFourth AmendmentGovernment And PoliticsFreedom To ReadGovernment PoliticsLaw CourtsControlling GovernmentLiberty And Justice For AllSecurity And FreedomPurpose Of GovernmentJustice TruthDivided GovernmentConflicting OpinionsWrits Of Assistance Author:Louis D. Brandeis