Thomas McClintock actually said...

"Free societies don't punish words and thoughts. They punish deeds, and the reason for that is because words and thoughts can be countered by words and thoughts. That is why we have a First Amendment."

"What we are seeing across the world today is that it is a very slippery slope between banning hate speech and banning speech we just hate."

"As I have been listening to the testimony and the questions, it strikes me that perhaps both sides are losing a perspective of why we have a First Amendment. It is because the freedom to speak our min..."

"There will be many losers because H.R. 5 bows to the political expediency that silence calls for for fairness."