Bill Flores Quotes

We had a responsibility to represent all people whose 1st Amendment rights were at risk

I believe in the First Amendment.

I want to regain my First Amendment rights.

The First Amendment means everything to me.

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

The First Amendment is very important, but it's not everything.

The First Amendment is often inconvenient. But that is beside the point. Inconvenience does not absolve the government of its obligation to tolerate speech.

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

The future of the Second Amendment depends on the free exercise of the First Amendment.

The First Amendment does not give you the right to commit a crime.

I'm a big believer in the idea that one of the greatest advantages we have here in the United States is freedom of expression and freedom of speech. You should be able to say whatever you want, and I firmly believe that.

When I began we did not really have a lot of First Amendment law. It is really surprising to think of it this way, but a lot of the law - most of the law that relates to the First Amendment freedom of the press in America - is really within living memory.

We don't have the right under the 1st Amendment to act as the national program director.

The Constitution does not allow the unnecessary trammeling of free expression, even for the noblest of purposes.

Under the privilege of the 1st Amendment many, many ridiculous things are said.

Although the freedoms guaranteed by the First Amendment may benefit society generally, or communities in particular, we don't condition those freedoms on whether how we use them benefits anyone.

It was not by accident or coincidence that the rights to freedom in speech and press were coupled in a single guaranty with the rights of the people peaceably to assemble and to petition for redress of grievances. All these, though not identical, are inseparable. They are cognate rights, and therefore are united in the first Article's assurance.

The First Amendment rights, everybody has them.

Journalists and everyone in America has a constitutional right to express themselves or write what they want to write.

The American people must be assured that no federal agency can trample their First Amendment rights.

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

I think the moment anybody seriously tampers with the First Amendment, you're going to see an outcry.

I am a firm supporter of the First Amendment, no matter the views expressed.

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.

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.