Enjoyable as always, quotations about the First Amendment and journalism:

“A government committed to the First Amendment has no more business policing hate speech than expletives.” — Jeffrey Rosen, columnist, New Republic, 2008

“Once you have state-sponsored anything, you have coersion, and state-sponsored prayer is violation of the establishment clause.” — Barbara Simon, attorney, 2003

“Bias, like beauty, is often in the eye of the beholder. Facts are your firewall against bias.” — Tom Brokaw, former anchor, NBC News, 2004

“The Press is the living Jury of the Nation.” — James Gordon Bennett, newspaper publisher, 1830

“Watchdogs are not ‘man’s best friend.’ They can be loud, obnoxious and relentless. But they are vital to a free and open society.” — Editorial, Deseret News, Salt Lake City, 2008

“Never forget, the press is the enemy. The press is the enemy. The press is the enemy. The establishment is the enemy. The professors are the enemy. The professors are the enemy. Write that on the blackboard 100 times and never forget it.” — Richard M. Nixon, 37th U.S. president, 1972

“If there is any fixed star in our constitutional constellation, it is that no official, high or petty, can prescribe what shall be orthodox in politics, nationalism, religion or other matters of opinion or force citizens to confess by word or act their faith therein.” — Robert Jackson, U.S. Supreme Court justice, 1943

“If we’re not upsetting somebody every six months, we’re not doing our job. That’s just the nature of this business.” — Orage Quarles III, publisher, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C., 2008

— Quotes from First Amendment Calendar, produced by the Freedom Forum First Amendment Center, 2010