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… - Anthony Kennedy

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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.

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About Anthony Kennedy

Anthony McLeod Kennedy (born 23 July 1936) is an American lawyer and judge who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He was nominated by President Ronald Reagan on November 11, 1987, and took the oath of office on February 18, 1988. Kennedy became the most senior Associate Justice on the court following the death of Antonin Scalia in February 2016. Kennedy retired in July 2018.

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Alternative Names: Anthony McLeod Kennedy Anthony M. Kennedy Justice Anthony Kennedy
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