1. First Amendment - Noun
2. First Amendment - Proper noun
an amendment to the Constitution of the United States guaranteeing the right of free expression; includes freedom of assembly and freedom of the press and freedom of religion and freedom of speech
Source: WordNetThe First Amendment is often inconvenient. But that is besides the point. Inconvenience does not absolve the government of its obligation to tolerate speech. Anthony Kennedy
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. Anthony Kennedy
I can only assume that your editorial writer tripped over the First Amendment and thought it was the office cat. E. B. White
I have four children, and I want them to grow up in a country that has a working First Amendment. Frank Zappa
An unconditional right to say what one pleases about public affairs is what I consider to be the minimum guarantee of the First Amendment. Hugo Black
The First Amendment has erected a wall between church and state. That wall must be kept high and impregnable. We could not approve the slightest breach. Hugo Black