Steve Clevenger Quotes

While we all respect the solemn responsibility of our law enforcement officers to protect the public, we must also safeguard the rights of Missourians to peaceably assemble and the rights of the press to report on matters of public concern.

The American people must be assured that no federal agency can trample their First Amendment rights.

The FBI holds sacred the rights of individuals to peacefully exercise their First Amendment freedoms.

I urge the citizens of Ferguson who have been peacefully exercising their First Amendment rights to join with law enforcement in condemning the actions of looters, vandals and others seeking to inflame tensions and sow discord.

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.

It's never a good thing to see a government agency talk in secret about the need to 'control protestors' - especially when that agency is charged with protecting the homeland against terrorists, not nonviolent demonstrators exercising their First Amendment rights to peaceable dissent.

I believe that freedom of speech and freedom of religion go hand-in-hand in America.

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

It was not by accident or coincidence that the rights to freedom in speech and press were coupled in a single guaranty with the rights of the people peaceably to assemble and to petition for redress of grievances. All these, though not identical, are inseparable. They are cognate rights, and therefore are united in the first Article's assurance.

The First Amendment rights, everybody has them.

We have the First Amendment to rely on whenever an elected official tries to impinge on our rights to speak.

The right to free speech is critical to our democracy.

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

The First Amendment means everything to me.

Free speech is the cornerstone to every right we have.

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.

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

If the police need more help to do their work, I will not hesitate in granting it to them.

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.

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

It just seems to be a human trait to want to protect the speech of people with whom we agree. For the First Amendment, that is not good enough. So it is really important that we protect First Amendment rights of people no matter what side of the line they are on.

The court has said you are entitled to robust speech on public sidewalks, even insulting speech.

No one respects the First Amendment more than I do. People have a right to express their concerns and their hopes and dreams to their government.