Alex Jones Quotes

The Constitution gives every American the inalienable right to make a damn fool of himself.

I believe society has a right to defend itself, just as the individual has the right to attack that with which he disagrees.

Before every free conscience in America is subpoenaed, please speak up!

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.

I don't want our right to be able to speak and dissent to be taken away.

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.

That I have the right to express myself freely at all times in all circumstances entails the idea that free speech is a 'basic human right' possessed by each individual, and, as such, trumps the interests of the society or group, including my neighbour.

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.

It's important to every American that the law protect his or her basic liberty.

The rightful claim to dissent is an existential right of the individual.

The freedom of thought and expression is one of the most sacred rights in this country.

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.

Let us tell our legislators in advance, that this is a right, restraints on which, we will not, cannot bear; and that every attempt to restrain it is a palpable wrong on God and man.

I begin to feel like most Americans don't understand the First Amendment, don't understand the idea of freedom of speech, and don't understand that it's the responsibility of the citizen to speak out.

The right to dissent is the only thing that makes life tolerable for a judge of an appellate court... the affairs of government could not be conducted by democratic standards without it.

Liberty of public association; or the security with which malcontents may communicate their sentiments, concert their plans, and practice every mode of opposition short of actual revolt, before the executive power can be legally justified in disturbing them

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

The right to speak freely concerning functions of the Federal Government is a privilege of immunity of every citizen of the United States which, even before the adoption of the Fourteenth Amendment, a State was powerless to curtail.

The right to dissent is one of the great and cherished freedoms that we enjoy by reason of the excellent accident of our American births.

The fact that people gather with placards is abnormal. Other countries would not allow that. Our democracy is in many cases excessive.

If there is liberty, if there is democracy, in this country, it will stand or fall with the right of the minority to express to the full force of language its opposition in public to the policies of the government. And it will stand or fall with the courage of the minority so to express itself.

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

It doesn’t keep us safe and it doesn’t keep us free if we give up our liberties to the government.

The people have every right to meet in a peaceful manner and express and ventilate their grievance and criticize the policy and actions of any civilized Government.

After 200 years, the 1st Amendment remains only as strong, or as weak, as the citizens it is designed to protect.