Answer: the first amendment is like a padlock that assures freedom of speech for all the citizens. It also assures many other freedoms such as freedom of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble which simple means that we can get together, and we have the freedom to petition the Government for a redress of grievances which means we have the right to state a complaint to, or seek the assistance of, one's government, without fear of punishment or reprisals. The First Amendment allows us to speak what we think and stand up for what we believe in. However, the limits on free speech are engraved in the principle that we're not allowed to harm others to get what we want. That's why we're not allowed to use to speech for force, fraud, or defamation. No First Amendment rights are absolute, but the right to gather is the only one that includes the most important limit in the actual words of the amendment: “the right of the people peaceably to assemble.” Violence or the threat of violence isn't the only limit on the right of assembly.