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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 to peaceably assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

The First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States

Effective: December 15, 1791

Noam Chomsky: “If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all.”

September 17 is Constitution Day:

We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare of, and secure the Blessings of Liberty for ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

The Constitution

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