Michael Chabon Quotes

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.

I'm a crusader. I really believe in the First Amendment, and I use it fully, and I pay a price for that.

Prior restraints on speech and publication are the most serious and least tolerable infringement on First Amendment Rights.

I think that freedom of speech is just that, and groups have the right to support or oppose issues that are going to affect them as well as individuals do.

I believe in the First Amendment.

It is called the First Amendment. ...Simple words marching in seried ranks. Compact, concise. To the point. Clear and pure. It's freedom's music.

(W)e do not count heads before enforcing the First Amendment.

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

The freedom of speech and the freedom of press, it's just precious man, it really is.

No matter what the legislature may say, a man has the right to make his speech, print his handbill, compose his newspaper, and deliver his sermon without asking anyone's permission. The contrary suggestion is abhorrent to our traditions.

I want to regain my First Amendment rights.

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

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.

As long as I am an American citizen, and as long as American blood runs in these veins, I shall hold myself at liberty to speak, to write, and to publish whatever I please on any subject, being amenable to the laws of my country for the same.

All Americans value the freedom of speech and the freedom of the press, and I believe this is essential for our continued way of life. But with this freedom comes responsibility.

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

Our birthright under the 1st Amendment is to foster the voices of dissent.

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

The First Amendment is one of the great treasures of Western culture. It’s one of the reasons that people are attracted here. It’s one of the reasons I came here.

After 200 years, the 1st Amendment remains only as strong, or as weak, as the citizens it is designed to protect.

Freedom of speech is the great bulwark of liberty; they prosper and die together.

… our respect for First Amendment freedoms is one of the few values that still rises above partisan politics.

This is America. Dissenting voices will continue to voice their dissent. Because they've read the operating instructions for the United States of America, and it's their right.

The right to free speech is critical to our democracy.

I'm a believer in the Constitution and in the First Amendment. Not just for raising money but also for freedom of speech.