Lee Bollinger's Remarks on the First Amendment

"What we have launched today will, we hope, be seen one hundred years from now as having helped to direct and re-direct the never-finished search for understanding and knowledge." 

Remarks at the Launch of the Institute for Ideas and Imagination, November 12, 2018

"If anything defines my life’s scholarly work, it is this—trying always to understand this extraordinary human and social development, through the prism of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution."

The Tanner Lectures, Nov 5-6, 2018

"Not only must we make the case in every venue for the values that form the core of what we are and do, but we must also live up to our own principles of free inquiry and fearless engagement with all ideas."

Commencement, May 17, 2017

"For us collectively, the Pulitzer Prizes are an even more shining monument at this particular moment in history.  For you, the recipients, it means that you can take even more pride in being honored with the Prizes at today’s ceremony."

Pulitzer Prize Lunch, May 22, 2017

"How you grapple with ideas, with thoughts and viewpoints in the myriad of ways available to you will determine who you are."

Convocation, August 29, 2016

"If you’re interested and care about the US Constitution and freedom of speech and press protected by the First Amendment, or if you care about the role of journalism and the press in informing the public about important public issues...then tonight is your night."

"Journalism After Snowden" panel event, January 30, 2014

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