Michael McCaul Quotes

The First Amendment makes confidence in the common sense of our people and in the maturity of their judgement the great postulate of our democracy.

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.

Since we don't have a tyrant or a dictator, we can't put people who are burning flag in jail. But Donald Trump is telling you what he thinks of 'em. He's not gonna do anything of the sort. This is where people go off the rails with Trump, with this literal business and so fort

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.

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.

This is America. Anyone is free to protest about anything they want.

To fight against the government with any means is a basic right and sport of every German.

We in the Netherlands have the right to demonstrate and the right to speak up if we don't agree with something.

Our founding fathers made no mistake when they included the right to peaceably assemble among the first tenets of democracy.

This is America. Dissenting voices will continue to voice their dissent. Because they've read the operating instructions for the United States of America, and it's their right.

The right to free speech is critical to our democracy.

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

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

What makes America great is peaceful protests and exercising your constitutional rights.

Freedom of speech, the right to dissent, the right to protest, that is what America is about. And politically every leader in this country and every American has got to stand up against any form of violence. That is unacceptable.

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

Free speech exercised both individually and through a free press, is a necessity in any country where people are themselves free.

That wall, embodied in the First Amendment, is perhaps America's most important contribution to political progress on this planet.

The First Amendment means everything to me.

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.

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

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.

You must stand for free speech in the streets.