Showing posts with label The 1st Amendment and. Show all posts
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Monday, April 20, 2009

The 1st Amendment and James Madison Monday



"The people shall not be deprived or abridged of


their right to speak, or to publish their


sentiments; and the freedom of the press,


as one of the great bulwarks of liberty,


shall be inviolable." -James Madison




"The Bill of Rights"


Amendment I


"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."




"If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb


and silent we may be led, like sheep to the


slaughter." -George Washington