“Compelling a man by law to pay his money to elect candidates or advocate law or doctrines he is against differs only in degree, if at all, from compelling him by law to speak for a candidate, a party, or a cause he is against. The very reason for the First Amendment is to make the people of this country free to think, speak, write and worship as they wish, not as the Government commands.” PeopleIfsThinkingMenWritingFirstsCountryReasonGovernmentLawSpeakWishCausesPartyPayLibertyDegreesWorshipDoctrineCommandCandidatesAmendmentsCompellingFirst Amendment Author:Hugo Black
“The very reason for the First Amendment is to make the people of this country free to think, speak, write and worship as they wish, not as the Government commands.” PeopleThinkingWritingFirstsCountryReasonGovernmentSpeakWishLibertyWorshipCommandAmendmentsFirst Amendment Author:Hugo Black
“The current total of countries in the world with First Amendments is one. You have guaranteed freedom of speech. Other countries don't have that.” WorldFirstsCountrySpeechCurrentsAmendmentsOther CountriesFreedom Of SpeechFirst Amendment Author:Neil Gaiman
“Our country as a whole, no less than the Hastings College of Law, values tolerance, cooperation, learning, and the amicable resolution of conflicts. But we seek to achieve those goals through "[a] confident pluralism that conduces to civil peace and advances democratic consensus-building," not by abridging First Amendment rights.” FirstsCountryWholeLawValuesGoalRightsAchieveBuildingCollegeConflictDemocraticToleranceOur CountryResolutionCooperationAmendmentsConsensusFirst AmendmentPluralismFirst Amendment RightsConsensus Building Author:Samuel Alito
“I have four children, and I want them to grow up in a country that has a working First Amendment.” WantFirstsChildrenCountryGrowsGrowing UpFourOur ChildrenAmendmentsFirst Amendment Author:Frank Zappa