---   " Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little

Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety "  ---  Ben Franklin

(First used in a letter from the Pennsylvania Assembly dated November 11, 1755 to the Governor of Pennsylvania.)

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

1776
Amendment I
US Constitution