Lowell P. Weicker Jr. Quotes

The First Amendment means everything to me.

My grandfather wanted to remind us that freedom of expression is the fundamental ingredient for democracy, and all the rest is detail. It is the scaffolding around which every other freedom is based.

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

We cannot accept that democratic freedoms need to be abrogated to protect Islam.

The right to religious freedom and the right to vote are both fundamental to our democracy.

I believe in the First Amendment.

The First Amendment, I think, is the jewel of our Constitution.

If America has a civic religion, the First Amendment is its central article of faith.

I would bet there is no place in the United States where the First Amendment would survive intact.

The United States of America stands for: the ability for people to worship freely, the ability for people to vote and to express their opinion freely is something we hold dear.

Free speech is the cornerstone to every right we have.

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

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

The First Amendment freedom of religion is as important today as when the Bill of Rights was first written.

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 you believe in democracy, you must believe in it unconditionally. If you believe that men should be free, then, they should have the right of free association, of free speech, of free publication. Then, no law should permit those democratic processes to be set at nought.

Freedom of expression is the matrix, the indispensable condition of nearly every other form of freedom.

The Constitution is a delusion and a snare if the weakest and humblest man in the land cannot be defended in his right to speak and his right to think as much as the strongest in the land.

Within the United States, we have put great emphasis upon political freedoms. Because it has been our experience that these freedoms can lead to others.

As a U.S. citizen, I cherish the First Amendment.

The right to free speech is critical to our democracy.

I believe in democracy. I also believe in religious freedom.

I'm a believer in the Constitution and in the First Amendment. Not just for raising money but also for freedom of speech.

India is the world's largest democracy and everyone should have a right to voice their opinions.

This is what democracy is all about. People have every right to protest whoever's in the White House, without fear of persecution. If this happened in Iran, people would be shot on the streets. This is the United States of America, and we have a First Amendment that protects this kind of speech.