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“From the standpoint of freedom of speech and the press, it is enough to point out that the state has no legitimate interest in protecting any or all religions from views distasteful to them... It is not the business of government to suppress real or imagined attacks upon a particular religious doctrine.”

Real States Enough Government Interest Religious Views Liberty Particular Speech Presses Doctrine Freedom Of Speech Standpoint Distasteful

Author:Tom C. Clark

“The Framers of the First Amendment were not concerned with preventing government from abridging their freedom to speak about crops and cockfighting, or with protecting the expressive activity of topless dancers, which of late has found some shelter under the First Amendment. Rather, the Framers cherished unabridged freedom of political communication.”

Source: With a Happy Eye, But...: America and the World, 1997--2002

“How many watched the President's speech last night? [half-hearted audience applause] How many watched American Idol ? [thundering applause] Okay, there you go! You get the government you deserve.”

Government Lasts Night President Half Audience Speech Deserve Okay Idols Last Night Hearted Applause American Idol Half Hearted

Author:Jay Leno

“The First Amendment and Fourteenth Amendment rights in the United States Constitution were being violated in Albany again and again - freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, the equal protection of the laws - I could count at least 30 such violations. Yet the president, sworn to uphold the Constitution, and all the agencies of the United States government at his disposal, were nowhere to be seen.”

“The Government may not suppress lawful speech as the means to suppress unlawful speech.”

May Mean Government Speech Freedom Of Speech Unlawful

Author:Anthony Kennedy

“Meiklejohn's position is that free speech in a democracy is not an absolute flowing from the boundless source of some presumed 'natural right.' It is a practical necessity of 'self-government by universal suffrage,' for if the citizens are not permitted to argue out the issues of government, how can they be what they must be in a democracy - the rulers as well as the ruled?”

“Censorship' is a term pertaining only to governmental action. No private action is censorship. No private individual or agency can silence a man or suppress a publication; only the government can do so. The freedom of speech of private individuals includes the right not to agree, not to listen and not to finance one's own antagonists.”

Men Government Action Individual Term Can Do Silence Speech Agree Finance Agency Censorship Freedom Of Speech Publication Antagonist

Book:The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z

Source: The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z

“Every writer's difficult journey is a movement from silence to speech. We must be intensely private and interior in order to find a voice and a vision - and we must bring our work to an outside world where the market, or public outrage, or even government censorship can destroy our voice.”

World Government Order Difficult Voice Silence Vision Journey Movement Speech Censorship Interiors Outrage Outside World Difficult Journeys

Book:Writing in an Age of Silence

Source: Writing in an Age of Silence

“It's not about contraception. It's about economic liberty, it's about freedom of speech, it's about freedom of religion, it's about government control of your lives and it's got to stop!”

Government Liberty Economic Speech Freedom Of Speech Freedom Of Religion Contraception Control Of Your Life

Author:Rick Santorum