Charles B. Rangel Quotes

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

I can't emphasize how important free speech is to a liberal and free democracy.

The right to free speech is critical to our democracy.

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

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.

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

If you care for the quality of life in our American democracy, then you have to be for censorship.

If the First Amendment guarantee of freedom of speech and press is to mean anything, it must allow protests even against the moral code that the standard of the day sets for the community.

This country is built on free speech.

I believe in the First Amendment.

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.

The First Amendment means everything to me.

Free speech is the cornerstone to every right we have.

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.

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

The current total of countries in the world with First Amendments is one. You have guaranteed freedom of speech. Other countries don't have that.

Americans may not always live up to the Bill of Rights, but Americans do not ban books.

I'm as keen as the next person to preserve the right to free speech.

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

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

Fear of serious injury alone cannot justify suppression of free speech and assembly.