"Congress shall make no law...abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."
– First Amendment United States Constitution
– First Amendment United States Constitution
–commonly attributed to Benjamin Franklin, first published in 1755 in the Pennsylvania Assembly Letter: Reply to the Governor ; and in 1759 on the title page of An Historical Review of the Constitution and Government of Pennsylvania. This statement was often used, with many variations, by Benjamin Franklin and others during Revolutionary years.
