First Amendment Advocates
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.
“Censorship reflects a society’s lack of confidence in itself. It is a hallmark of an authoritarian regime . . . .” — Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart, dissenting Ginzberg v. United States, 383 U.S. 463 (1966)
“The very purpose of a Bill of Rights was to withdraw certain subjects from the vicissitudes of political controversy, to place them beyond the reach of majorities and officials and to establish them as legal principles to be applied by the courts. One’s right to life, liberty, and property, to free speech, a free press, freedom of worship and assembly, and other fundamental rights may not be submitted to vote; they depend on the outcome of no elections.” — Supreme Court Justice Robert Jackson, West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette, 319 U.S. 624 (1943)
“First Amendment freedoms are most in danger when the government seeks to control thought or to justify its laws for that impermissible end. The right to think is the beginning of freedom, and speech must be protected from the government because speech is the beginning of thought.”—Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, Ashcroft V. Free Speech Coalition
“Almost all human beings have an infinite capacity for taking things for granted.” — Aldous Huxley, author of Brave New World
“Men feared witches and burnt women. It is the function of speech to free men from the bondage of irrational fears.” — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis (1856–1941), Whitney v. California, 274 U. S. 357 (1927)
First Amendment Advocates A–B
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ALA Office for Intellectual FreedomAmerican Booksellers Association
American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression
American Civil Liberties Union
American Society of Journalists and Authors
Americans United for Separation of Church and State
Article 19, the International Centre Against Censorship
AS IF! Authors Support Intellectual Freedom
First Amendment Advocates C–D
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Center for Democracy and Technology
Citizens Internet Empowerment Coalition
First Amendment Advocates E
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The Electronic Frontier Foundation
First Amendment Advocates F
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FAIFE (Free Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)
FAIR (Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting)
Foodspeak: Coalition for Free Speech
Free Access to Information and Freedom of Expression (IFLA/FAIFE)
The Free Expression Policy Project
First Amendment Advocates G–I
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International Freedom of Expression Exchange (IFEX)
First Amendment Advocates J–M
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Kids Speak Online: Where Kids Speak Up for Free Speech!
First Amendment Advocates N–P
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National Coalition Against Censorship
First Amendment Advocates Q–Z
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The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
The Society of Professional Journalists
Student Association for Freedom of Expression (SAFE)
The Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression
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