“In my view, a corporation is not a person. A corporation does not have First Amendment rights to spend as much money as it wants, without disclosure, on a political campaign.” WantFirstsPersonsDoePoliticalViewsRightsCampaignsCorporationsAmendmentsFirst AmendmentDisclosurePolitical CampaignFirst Amendment Rights Author:Bernie Sanders
“An unconditional right to say what one pleases about public affairs is what I consider to be the minimum guarantee of the First Amendment.” FirstsPoliticalReligiousPleaseAffairCivil RightsGuaranteesAmendmentsMinimumUnconditionalFirst AmendmentPublic AffairsFirst Amendment Rights Author:Hugo Black
“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.” FirstsGovernmentPoliticalFoundSpeakCommunicationActivitySpeechLateConcernedDancerAmendmentsShelterFreedom Of SpeechCropsFirst AmendmentPreventingExpressiveFramers Book:With a Happy Eye, But...: America and the World, 1997--2002 Source: With a Happy Eye, But...: America and the World, 1997--2002
“That wall, embodied in the First Amendment, is perhaps America's most important contribution to political progress on this planet.” FirstsImportantAmericaPoliticalProgressAtheismPlanetsWallPositive AtheismContributionAmendmentsFirst AmendmentImportant Contributions Author:Lowell P. Weicker, Jr.