Civil liberties Quotes · Page 4

I'm just not sure I trust the federal government not to trample on civil liberties.

— Tucker Carlson

One of the most clearly marked trends for over twenty years has been the decline in civil liberties.

— Charles A. Reich

National security is the first duty of government but we are also committed to reversing the substantial erosion of civil liberties.

— Theresa May

Civil liberty is only natural liberty, modified and secured by the sanctions of civil society.

— Alexander Hamilton

I read these polls because civil-liberties organizations tell me I need to be aware of public opinion.

— Edward Snowden

Funny, for all surveillance, Osama bin Laden is still free—and we're not. Guess who's winning the "war on terror?

— Cory Doctorow

“Some say secularism is in their blood, some say liberty, all the while being the posterboys of persecution.”

— Abhijit Naskar

A people who extend civil liberties only to preferred groups start down the path either to dictatorship of the right or the…

— William O. Douglas

In the 1880s, people all over the world looked to America for inspiration. Its very existence was proof that it was possible…

— Harry Browne

It is easy to make light of insistence on scrupulous regard for the safeguards of civil liberties when invoked on behalf of…

— Felix Frankfurter

We followed the law, we follow our policies, we self-report, we identify problems, we fix them. And I think we do a…

— Keith B. Alexander

In order to have greater visibility of the larger cyber threat landscape, we must remove the government bureaucratic stovepipes that inhibit our…

— Michael McCaul

Do you care about climate justice? Are you about women's rights and women's reproductive rights? Do you care about civil liberties and…

— Linda Sarsour

“Any democratic government, whether threatened by real or perceived enemies, can succumb to Fascism if its people permit the slow or precipitate…

— W. Montgomery

I know that we will be judged in history by not only how we disrupt terrorism but how we protect the civil…

— Robert Mueller

Terrorism has replaced Communism as the rationale for the militarization of the country [America], for military adventures abroad, and for the suppression…

— Howard Zinn

“On the other hand, he stressed in scores of letters and statements that Americans should not let the fear of communism cause…

— Walter Isaacson

It is easy to make light of insistence on scrupulous regard for the safeguards of civil liberties when invoked on behalf of…

— Felix Frankfurter

Critics of the global warming agenda are motivated... by a love of freedom and civil liberties. They want a discussion based on…

— Deneen Borelli

I think Mrs Thatcher did more damage to democracy, equality, internationalism, civil liberties, freedom in this country than any other Prime Minister…

— Tony Benn

“If this new breed of activist urged Obama to hammer away at the Constitution, old-school civil libertarians lamented its demolition. The longtime…

— Jack Cashill

I fear that the impact of university censorship and university denial of due process will be to mis-educate a generation of students…

— Alan Dershowitz

Free inquiry entails recognition of civil liberties as integral to its pursuit, that is, a free press, freedom of communication, the right…

— Paul Kurtz

“Faith should be a tool to set us free, not a means to fuel a fascist agenda seeking to impede the civil…

— Cristina Marrero

Let no man think we can deny civil liberty to others and retain it for ourselves.

— Robert M. La Follette, Sr

History, I believe, furnishes no example of a priest-ridden people maintaining a free civil government.

— Thomas Jefferson

I urge calm and sensitivity to the fundamental civil liberties of our country.

— Larry Craig

Terrorism is escalating to the point that Americans soon may have to choose between civil liberties and more intrusive means of protection.

— Anonymous

Men are qualified for civil liberty in exact proportion to their disposition to put moral chains upon their own appetites.

— Edmund Burke

There is a need to accept a limited disruption of civil liberties in order to penetrate terror.

— Ehud Barak

I worked at the New York Civil Liberties Union as a starving actor in the early '80s. I was in love with…

— Jamey Sheridan

The U.S. intelligence community is in a very poor position to be trusted with protecting civil liberties while engaging in intelligence work.

— Chelsea Manning

“Lions don't leave society in the hands of government. Government is second in command - civilians, chief commander.”

— Abhijit Naskar

Christians should be among those who speak loudest in defense of civil liberties and the protection of the weak.

— Max Anders

If the true spark of religious and civil liberty be kindled, it will burn.

— Daniel Webster

I was on the state board of directors of the American Civil Liberties Union.

— Betty Hill

The copyright industry has managed to kill civil liberties for their own children, ushering in a dystopian surveillance machine, merely to avoid…

— Rick Falkvinge

While everyone is focused on security and civil liberties, Trump's Cabinet of billionaires will try to quietly push through even more extreme…

— Naomi Klein

Since 9/11 the United States has been followed by countries with bad records, such as the former Soviet Union countries, into erosions…

— Mary Robinson

In the year 2010, Kenya adopted a new constitution. With that constitution, we further secured the human rights and civil liberties of…

— Mwai Kibaki