Warren E. Burger Quotes

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

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

Do the people of this land…desire to preserve those [liberties] protected by the First Amendment… If so, let them withstand all beginnings of encroachment. For the saddest epitaph which can be carved in memory of a vanquished liberty is that it was lost because its possessors failed to stretch for a saving hand while yet there was time.

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

Asked random questions about the First Amendment and how they would like to have it applied, if you believe in polls at all, the average American wants no part of it. But if you ask, 'What if we threw the Constitution away tomorrow?' the answer is 'No, that would be bad!' But living under the Constitution is another story altogether.

I love free speech.

Freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and freedom of religion all have a double aspect—freedom of thought and freedom of action.

There is no security in the profered system, either for the rights of conscience or the liberty of the Press.

Freedom of speech is the great bulwark of liberty; they prosper and die together.

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

The right to free speech is critical to our democracy.

The First Amendment is first for a reason - it cannot be ignored by the D.C. City Council.

Freedom of expression is very important.

Honestly, this country was built on freedom of speech and freedom of expression, and when you can no longer do that, then it is no longer based on that, you know.

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

Freedom of speech is central to most every other right that we hold dear in the United States and serves to strengthen the democracy of our great country. It is unfortunate, then, when actions occur that might be interpreted as contrary to this honored tenet.

Think 'free speech,' not 'free beer.'

When I speak to students, I tell them why we have a First Amendment. I tell them about the Committees of Correspondence. I tell them how in a secret meeting of the Raleigh Tavern in Virginia, Thomas Jefferson and Patrick Henry, who did not agree with each other, started a Committee of Correspondence.

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

I love the First Amendment. Nobody loves it better than me. Nobody. I mean, who uses it more than I do?

Freedom of the press and also of speech, assembly, and worship can persist as social forms and legal guarantees, while at the same time their functional realities can be gradually slipping away.

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.

The Democratic Party will never desert the freedoms of our people under the guise of pretending to protect them.