It is aspiring tyrants who say that 'civil liberties end when an attack on our safety begins.' Conversely, leaders who wish to… — Timothy D. Snyder Copy Share Image
“To treat disease you need medical license, To treat injustice being human is enough. To fly a plane you need pilot's license,… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
It is crucial that civil liberties in this country be preserved, otherwise the terrorists will win the battle against American values without… — Russ Feingold Copy Share Image
The Inspector General issued six reviews and reports on actions taken based on provisions of the act. In those six reports, the… — Jo Bonner Copy Share Image
“Seek yourself in the joy of neighbors, You shall know the meaning of justice. Seek yourself in smiles of the world, You… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“We must pose the familiar question about how far our civil liberties have been eroded by the national security state… Somehow it… — Niall Ferguson Copy Share Image
“The Singapore School of Thought, as some began to call it, emphasised the lack of universality of many Western political norms...Singapore's own… — Cherian George Copy Share Image
When I think of civil liberties I think of the founding principles of the country. The freedoms that are in the First… — Tim Cook Copy Share Image
“Today this key component of revolution—the gap between what people want, and indeed expect, and what they get—is being played out in… — Chris Hedges Copy Share Image
“Now, I’d like to ask people in the room, please raise your hand if you have not broken a law, any law,… — John Gilmore Copy Share Image
“Everybody is a terrorist, till you see the reformist (The Sonnet) Everybody is a president, till you see the first servant. Everybody… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
As Paretsky detailed in her short memoir Writing in an Age of Silence (2007), early optimism buoyed by the civil rights movement… — Sarah Weinman Copy Share Image
All of us in this country give lip service to the ideals set forth in the Bill of Rights and emphasized by… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
You have to have a multipronged approach and a significant part of that is educating the public and change the culture so… — David D. Cole Copy Share Image
“Q: What can people do to defend their civil liberties? Phillips: I'm a pacifist, but the most American thing you can do… — Utah Phillips Copy Share Image
Zealous groups threaten to infringe civil liberties when they seek government support to impose their own religious views on nonadherents. This has… — Norman Dorsen Copy Share Image
The commitment to civil liberty is going to be reasserted strongly. But the concept of liberty is under attack, and our definition… — Ashraf Ghani Copy Share Image
The beauty of our country is that when it was founded that they took some time to lay out civil liberties in… — Aaron Rodgers Copy Share Image
The first duty of government is to protect the citizen from assault. Unless it does this, all the civil rights and civil… — Richard Viguerie Copy Share Image
The arc of American history almost inevitably moves toward freedom. Whether it's Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation, the expansion of women's rights… — James McGreevey Copy Share Image
There are some lines in the sand you just do not cross. Undermining basic civil liberties by locking people up for long… — John McDonnell Copy Share Image
America will be far safer if we reduce the chances of a terrorist attack in one of our cities than if we… — Nancy Pelosi Copy Share Image
The Republic guarantees religious and civil liberty, equal rights and equal opportunities to all its citizens, and declares its resolve to pursue… — Patrick Pearse Copy Share Image
It is not necessary to argue to those for whom I write that the two great needs of mankind, that all men… — Josiah Strong Copy Share Image
Well, take the evolution of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. It began as hackers' rights. Then it became general civil liberties of everybody… — Esther Dyson Copy Share Image
I look forward to exercising my American civil liberties and getting fully, completely and legally married this year to my true love… — Melissa Etheridge Copy Share Image
If you don't believe this election is important, if you think you can sit it out, take a moment to think about… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
Civil liberties are a great heritage for Americans. They are not rights that the government gives to the people, they are the… — Edward Bennett Williams Copy Share Image
The history of America is to expand civil liberties in a responsible and civil manner. We need to remember that our wonderful… — James McGreevey Copy Share Image
Liberals say they are for civil liberties and personal freedom, but they continue to advocate government regulation of business, redistribution of wealth,… — Richard Ebeling Copy Share Image
It is impossible to grasp the meaning of the idea of sound money if one does not realize that it was devised… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
What we face is a scared populace, and because it's scared, it's willing to put up with what I think are inevitably… — Michael Scheuer Copy Share Image
What man loses by the social contract is his natural liberty and an unlimited right to everything he tries to get and… — Jean-Baptiste Rousseau Copy Share Image
For well over 5 years, Rep. Schiff has betrayed the American people, purposely abused his position of heightened authority, practiced continuous deceit… — Anna Paulina Luna Copy Share Image
In 2008, Obama rode to victory in good part by wearing the openness face, casting the Bush administration as intrusive, secretive hawks… — Neil Macdonald Copy Share Image
For far too long the American public and business sector have kept their silence as civil liberties have been whittled away by… — Bob Barr Copy Share Image
I believe in strong civil liberties and a government that intervenes if and only if there is a structural failure that private… — Daryl Morey Copy Share Image
For the hundreds of thousands of Californians in gay and lesbian households who are managing their day-to-day lives, this decision affirms the… — Arnold Schwarzenegger Copy Share Image
New Labour has systematically alienated section after section of our natural supporters - teachers, health workers, students, pensioners, public service workers, trade… — John McDonnell Copy Share Image
Of course, the new domestic paramilitary forces will also undermine free speech and dissent with the threat of force while simultaneously threatening… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
