{"quotes":[{"text":"The 20th Century proved that there is nothing more dangerous to the health of ethnic minority communities than big government.","author":"A.E. Samaan","tags":["big-government","bill-of-rights","central-planning","civil-rights","democide","diversity","ethnic-minorities","eugenics","genocide","individual-liberty","individualism","individuality","libertarian","libertarianism","planned-societies","totalitarianism"],"id":4395,"author_id":"A.E.+Samaan"},{"text":"A well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.","author":"James Madison","tags":["bill-of-rights","constitution","freedom","right-to-bear-arms","second-amendment"],"id":44281,"author_id":"James+Madison"},{"text":"Civil Wars happen when the victimized are armed. Genocide happens when they are not.","author":"A.E. Samaan","tags":["bill-of-rights","genocide","gun-rights","libertarian","libertarianism","liberty","right-to-bear-arms","rights","second-amendment"],"id":46503,"author_id":"A.E.+Samaan"},{"text":"Trying to erase, hide, discredit, degrade, and suppress a writer's work, merit, voice, and influence―is unconstitutional. Censorship only exists to protect corruption.","author":"Suzy Kassem","tags":["america","bill-of-rights","censor","censorship","civil-liberties","civil-rights","corrupt","corruption","degrade","discredit","erase","freedom-of-speech","hide","influence","insult","merit","suppress","suppression","unconstitutional","voice","writer"],"id":55344,"author_id":"Suzy+Kassem"},{"text":"The Fourth Amendment wasn't written for people with nothing to hide any more than the First Amendment was written for people with nothing to say.","author":"Dave Krueger","tags":["bill-of-rights","constitution","first-amendment","fourth-amendment","law","rights"],"id":74126,"author_id":"Dave+Krueger"},{"text":"I have a problem with people who take the Constitution loosely and the Bible literally.","author":"Bill Maher","tags":["bible","bill-of-rights","christianity","constitution","politics","religion"],"id":131612,"author_id":"Bill+Maher"},{"text":"Without Thomas Jefferson and his Declaration of Independence, there would have been no American revolution that announced universal principles of liberty. Without his participation by the side of the unforgettable Marquis de Lafayette, there would have been no French proclamation of The Rights of Man. Without his brilliant negotiation of the Louisiana treaty, there would be no United States of America. Without Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, there would have been no Virginia Statute on Religious Freedom, and no basis for the most precious clause of our most prized element of our imperishable Bill of Rights - the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.","author":"Christopher Hitchens","tags":["1st-amendment","american-revolution","bill-of-rights","declaration-of-independence","freedom-of-religion","james-madison","liberty","marquis-de-lafayette","thomas-jefferson","united-states","us-constitution"],"id":176297,"author_id":"Christopher+Hitchens"},{"text":"I am not interested in having freedom from burdens. I don't need any authority to free me from responsibility.I am not interested in having freedoms within an authoritarian's parameters. I am only interested in self-determination.I have only respect for liberty as I am a libertarian.","author":"A.E. Samaan","tags":["itarian","itarianism","bill-of-rights","civil-rights","freedom","government-regulation","individual-liberty","individualist","libertarian","libertarianism","liberty","rights","statist"],"id":177621,"author_id":"A.E.+Samaan"},{"text":"You can control the visibility of my name and my popularity, but you cannot control the frequency at which people are quoting me. Truth always rises with time.","author":"Suzy Kassem","tags":["aclu","america","american-government","bill-of-rights","censoring","censorship","civil-liberties","critique","cultural-critic","dissent","freedom-of-speech","frequency","government","human-rights","life","people","philosopher","political","politics","repression","socviety","spirituality","suzy-kassem","suzy-kassem","true","truth","usa","visibility","western-censorship","wisdom","writing","writings"],"id":193156,"author_id":"Suzy+Kassem"},{"text":"Censorship is alive and well in America.","author":"Suzy Kassem","tags":["america","american","biased","bill-of-rights","censor","censored","censorship","congress","corrupt","corruption","democracy","democratic","dissent","freedom","freedom-of-speech","freedoms","hypocrisy","hypocritical","illusion","illusions","liberty","liberty-of-man","media","political","politics","senate","slanted","truth","undemocratic","united-states","wisdom","wise-words"],"id":214739,"author_id":"Suzy+Kassem"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":20,"pages":2,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}