James Lankford Quotes

We're losing our freedom of speech. We are losing freedom of religion. We are losing freedom of the press.

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.

Free speech, free press, free religion, the right of free assembly, yes, the right of petition—well, they are still radical ideas.

There should be constitutional liberty of speech and freedom of thought, which is the elementary right of every citizen under any civilized form of Government

And a democracy can't exist without free speech and the right to assemble. And that's what Americans tend to forget. And they're born into a culture where they take all of their freedoms for granted.

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 to the media, they are protected by the First Amendment, as they should be.

Most liberals think of civil liberties as their Achilles heel. It isn't.

Living in America means enjoying freedoms that people in many other countries cannot.

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

I never knew I had so many rights.

Freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and freedom of religion all have a double aspect—freedom of thought and freedom of action.

All of our freedoms – All of the time.

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

The Liberty of Conscience and of the Press cannot be cancelled, abridged, restrained, or modified by any authority of the United States

Although the freedoms guaranteed by the First Amendment may benefit society generally, or communities in particular, we don't condition those freedoms on whether how we use them benefits anyone.

Churchmen are quick to defend religious freedom; lawyers were never so universally aroused as by President Roosevelt's Court bill; newspapers are most alert to civil liberties when there is a hint of press censorship in the air. And educators become perturbed at every effort to curb academic freedom. But too seldom do all of these become militant when ostensibly the rights of only one group are threatened. They do not always react to the truism that when the rights of any individual or group are chipped away, the freedom of all erodes.

The people shall not be deprived or abridged of their right to speak, or to publish their sentiments; and the freedom of the press, as one of the great bulwarks of liberty, shall be inviolable.

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

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

The First Amendment means everything to me.

The Democratic Party will never desert the freedoms of our people under the guise of pretending to protect them.

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 regard freedom of expression as the primary right without which one can not have a proper functioning democracy.

I feel like freedom of speech is one of the great things in this country and the freedom to do what you feel is right.