Sonny Perdue Quotes

We had a responsibility to represent all people whose 1st Amendment rights were at risk

I believe in the First Amendment.

I think that, as Americans, we should never forget that when we tamper with freedom of speech, it is a very sensitive issue that affects all of our constitutional rights and privileges.

Implicit in the history of the 1st Amendment is the rejection of obscenity as utterly without redeeming social importance.

The Constitution does not allow the unnecessary trammeling of free expression, even for the noblest of purposes.

The American people must be assured that no federal agency can trample their First Amendment rights.

The right to free speech is critical to our democracy.

The First Amendment is first for a reason - it cannot be ignored by the D.C. City Council.

We still have a First Amendment that protects your business and free speech.

The FBI holds sacred the rights of individuals to peacefully exercise their First Amendment freedoms.

The First Amendment, I think, is the jewel of our Constitution.

I am for the First Amendment from the first word to the last. I believe it means what it says.

I want to regain my First Amendment rights.

The First Amendment means everything to me.

Criticism of government finds sanctuary in several portions of the 1st Amendment. It is part of the right of free speech. It embraces freedom of the press.

I'm not interested in censorship. I like the First Amendment very much.

I try to do that in this book without preaching - to try to do as you just said that you really have to defend the First Amendment rights of everybody.

If Thomas Jefferson had heard us, he probably would have said, 'We shouldn't have free speech.'

When I began we did not really have a lot of First Amendment law. It is really surprising to think of it this way, but a lot of the law - most of the law that relates to the First Amendment freedom of the press in America - is really within living memory.

I believe that freedom of speech and freedom of religion go hand-in-hand in America.

I'm as keen as the next person to preserve the right to free speech.

The First Amendment is very important, but it's not everything.

The First Amendment is not without limits.

We don't have the right under the 1st Amendment to act as the national program director.

If, then, we truly believe in the liberty of conscience, speech and press, we must place ourselves again squarely upon the declaration of rights made by our forefathers, and defend the right of others to disagree with us, even about the beneficence of government