Graham Nash Quotes

What has been adjudicated and established in the wake of Vietnam and the Civil Rights movement is the ability of the press to basically write or broadcast almost anything about the government. There's very few restrictions in that way.

There is nothing more American than peaceful protest.

The violence of the left is minor. Our total violence of the last 5 years has not reached the level of a single B-52 raid in Vietnam.

HUGE CIA OPERATION REPORTED IN U. S. AGAINST ANTIWAR FORCES

Coming of age in the 1960s, I heard the word 'fascist' all the time. College presidents were fascists; Vietnam War supporters were fascists. Policemen who tangled with protesters were fascists - on and on.

We talk about the '68 Democratic Convention. I was too young to really know a lot about it, but - and didn't even watch it, but I have read about it, and I know enough about it to know that it damaged the Democratic candidates.

I can think of nothing more American than to peacefully stand up or take a knee for your rights - anytime, anywhere, anyplace.

Tin soldiers and Nixon coming, We're finally on our own. This summer I hear the drumming, Four dead in Ohio.

I welcome nonviolent protests as an exercise of our great democracy.

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

I just couldn't believe that the police would fire tear gas into what had been a peaceful protest. I was running around, face burning, and nothing I saw looked like America to me.

Our privacy, our rights as citizens - these are ideals that we Americans hold very dear.

In the '60s and '70s, a protest song was a genre in music.

The same liberals who want to protect the constitutional right of people like Colin Kaepernick to symbolically reject America by taking a knee were the ones quick to criticize Tim Tebow for bending a knee to pray and thank God on the field.

We will protect our constitutional right to boycott, divest, and sanctions in this country.

I think my patriotism is strong enough to not be offended when somebody takes a knee during the anthem. That's not something I take personally.

Once you step foot on the Supreme Court steps, you lose your first-amendment rights. I don't see how, as an American citizen, you can't go to the Supreme Court steps and speak your mind or speak your piece peacefully.

You have the right to free speech as an American - you have no right to use YouTube to do it. And the mobs that exist can form very quickly if they are offended by your presence there.

My first and foremost consideration is the safety of the people of the city of Minneapolis. And my first and foremost consideration is making sure that people can also express their constitutional rights peaceably.

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

When you start punishing and censoring comedians, that's a real bad sign of us as Americans losing our First Amendment rights. As a comedian, I'm gonna push the boundaries. Some things you're going to love, and some things you're going to hate. But this is America. Great people died for us to have this right.

Fortunately most of the people who were involved in anti-Vietnam activity did not con themselves into being like the violent people they didn't want.

Censorship does not interfere with the constitutional rights of every American to sit alone in a dark room in the nude and cuss.

If I ever hear "Power to the people" again, I'llà I just found out that John Lennon wrote that song, "All we are saying is give peace a chance." I couldn't believe it. I thought it was terrible; I hated that song. They used to bring out the Pete Seeger wind-up toy to sing it. Tiresome.

How do you ask a man to be the last man to die in Vietnam? How do you ask a man to be the last man to die for a mistake?