Sandra Day O'Connor Quotes

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.

I would bet there is no place in the United States where the First Amendment would survive intact.

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

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 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.

The right to free speech is critical to our democracy.

I believe in the First Amendment.

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

Freedom of speech is central to most every other right that we hold dear in the United States and serves to strengthen the democracy of our great country. It is unfortunate, then, when actions occur that might be interpreted as contrary to this honored tenet.

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

To speak his thoughts is every freeman's right, in peace and war, in council and in fight.

The first amendment ensures not that speech will be fair, but that it will be free. It cannot be both.

Free speech exercised both individually and through a free press, is a necessity in any country where people are themselves free.

We have a First Amendment for good reasons. We need a free press because without an educated electorate we cannot have a functioning democracy.

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.

Free speech is the cornerstone to every right we have.

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

This is America. Anyone is free to protest about anything they want.

The First Amendment has the same role in my life as a citizen and a writer as the sun has in our ecosystem.

People may be due the benefits of a democratic electoral process. But in the United States, content curators appropriately have a First Amendment right to present their content as they see fit.

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

In America we don’t apologize for opinions, that’s why we have a 1st Amendment. If we can’t discuss even controversial opinions in the pages of our newspapers, where are we going to do it?

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

Don’t let religious authorities decide what can or can't be published, …. free speech is vital for democracy, for social change, for the possibility of challenging what has been laid down by established authorities…. freedom only for those who do not offend, annoy, and irritate entrenched authorities - is no freedom at all.

Freedom of the press and of religious opinion should be inviolate.