Nat Hentoff Quotes About First Amendment

Quotes about: First Amendment

• I would bet there is no place in the United States where the First Amendment would survive intact.

  Nat Hentoff

  Firsts, United States, First Amendment

• A lot of people in the adult population have a very limited idea as to why they are Americans, why we have a First Amendment or a Bill of Rights.

  Nat Hentoff

  Rights, Ideas, People

  Source: annaz.blogspot.com

• When I speak to students, I tell them why we have a First Amendment. I tell them about the Committees of Correspondence. I tell them how in a secret meeting of the Raleigh Tavern in Virginia, Thomas Jefferson and Patrick Henry, who did not agree with each other, started a Committee of Correspondence.

  Nat Hentoff

  Virginia, Secret, Taverns

  Source: annaz.blogspot.com

• It's perfectly within [Martin Peretz] rights [to fire a journalist]. It's a private - you know, th - it's not censorship. The First Amendment doesn't come into play because it's a private magazine.

  Nat Hentoff

  Fire, Rights, Play

  Source: thedailyhatch.org

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