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It just seems to be a human trait to want to protect the speech of people with whom we agree. For the First Amendment, that is not good enough. So it is really important that we protect First Amendment rights of people no matter what side of the...

Quote by Floyd Abrams about nation, people, human imperfections, good, good luck

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...

Quote by Floyd Abrams about law, press, memory

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.

Quote by Floyd Abrams

There are some circumstances in which the First Amendment interest comes up against another interest that is really important and in which we have to make a decision in a particular case as to which is more important.

Quote by Floyd Abrams about interest, circumstances

The First Amendment has the same role in my life as a citizen and a writer as the sun has in our ecosystem.

Quote by Michael Chabon about sun, writers, life

I find this proposed amendment very, very, very, very shocking. And immoral, and, you know, if civil disobedience is the way to go about change, then I think a lot of people will be going to San Francisco.

Quote by Rosie O'Donnell about change, people

I was appalled and shocked that Bush used the State of the Union to attack same-sex marriages and indicated that he would support a constitutional amendment.

Quote by Jean O'Leary about opinion, attack, union, state, sex

While that amendment failed, human cloning continues to advance and the breakthrough in this unethical and morally questionable science is around the corner.

Quote by Mike Pence about science, human imperfections

The Second Amendment to the United States Constitution protects the right of the individual to keep and bear firearms. Okay fine, but is the Constitution going protect us, from these weapons getting into the hands of those that wish to inflict...

Quote by Robert M. Hensel about politics, wish, rightness, people