Naomi Wolf Quotes

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.

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.

Any time someone carries a picket sign in front of the White House, that is the First Amendment in action.

One who comes to the Court must come to adore, not to protest. That's the new gloss on the 1st Amendment.

People have a right to criticize.

There is nothing more American than dissent.

The First Amendment is often inconvenient. But that is beside the point. Inconvenience does not absolve the government of its obligation to tolerate speech.

If a corporation can express opinions and be protected in doing so by the First Amendment, then there's no reason logically one wouldn't think they could undertake to enjoy the other rights protected under the First Amendment.

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

I think the moment anybody seriously tampers with the First Amendment, you're going to see an outcry.

Dissent is as American as cherry pie.

I am a firm supporter of the First Amendment, no matter the views expressed.

I want to regain my First Amendment rights.

In America it's live by the sword of freedom of expression and be will to die by it as well.

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

People have a fundamental right to organize. It's rooted very much in the Constitution and people's right to free association.

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 certainly was one of the instigators in the 1960s of freedom of expression.

The 1st Amendment protects the right to speak, not the right to spend.

I can think of few plainer, more direct abridgments of the freedoms of the 1st Amendment than to compel persons to support candidates, parties, ideologies or causes that they are against.

Freedom of speech, freedom to criticize pillars of government, freedom to form parties and freedom of the press within the framework of the constitution are among the absolute rights of the public.

An unconditional right to say what one pleases about public affairs is what I consider to be the minimum guarantee of the 1st Amendment.

We're not against people demonstrating. We want people to exercise their 1st Amendment rights. They can do that by simply demonstrating across the street, in a way that doesn't block the door or harass women.