“We must relentlessly and unyieldingly protect freedom of speech and peaceful assembly.”

“But wherever we are, we must all, in our daily lives, live up to the age-old faith that peace and freedom walk together. In too many of our cities today, the peace is not secure because freedom is incomplete." (John F. Kennedy, June 10, 1963, American University speech)”

“Freedom of expression and freedom of peaceable assembly must remain sacrosanct.”

“The price of freedom of religion or of speech or of the press is that we must put up with, and even pay for, a good deal of rubbish.”

“Freedom of speech does not protect you from the consequences of saying stupid shit.[Blog post, March 12, 2012]”

“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”