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

If the First Amendment means anything, it means that a state has no business telling a man, sitting alone in his house, what books he may read or what films he may watch.

The First Amendment rights, everybody has them.

No one respects the First Amendment more than I do. People have a right to express their concerns and their hopes and dreams to their government.

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

If you're not going to offend somebody you don't need the First Amendment.

The notion that the First Amendment has no limitations whatsoever is balderdash.

The First Amendment allows Nazis and white extremists to do what they are going to do, and it allows for black extremists and all other types of extremists to do what they are going to do. I understand that, and I'm not opposed to that.

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

The First Amendment is not an altar on which we must sacrifice our children, families, and community standards. Obscene material that is not protected by the First Amendment can and must be prohibited.