Herbert Hoover Quotes

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

If government were free to suppress disfavored speech by preventing potential speakers from being paid, there would not be much left of the 1st Amendment.

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

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.

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.

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.

At least in America, you have freedom of speech, which is a good thing. It's just a question of whether you're allowed to use it on 'Fox News'.

We [Russia] and America both have freedom of speech. The only difference is that Americans have freedom after they speak.

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

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

The rights of free speech and free press do not carry with them the right to advocate the right to advocate the destruction of the very government that protects the freedom of an individual to express his views.

Free speech is meaningless if the commercial cacophony has risen to the point where no one can hear you.

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

In the U.S., free speech and the press are protected by the First Amendment. It has a clarity unmatched by modern legislators and declares that 'Congress shall make no law... abridging the freedom of speech, or the press.'

I'm going to defend the right of people to freely gather and discuss whatever they want to.

I want to stand up for free speech.

Products are a form of speech, and free speech must be fiercely protected, even if we disagree with some of the voices.

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.

We don't have an Official Secrets Act in the United States, as other countries do. Under the First Amendment, freedom of the press, freedom of speech, and freedom of association are more important than protecting secrets.

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

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

I know that I have the right freely to speak and publish my sentiments, subject only to the laws of the land for the abuse of that right.