I like to say 'Reign' is the '24' of the pre-Renaissance. I think we're going to take a lot of liberties with… — Megan Follows Copy Share Image
The God who gave us life gave us liberty. Can the liberties of a nation be secure when we have removed a… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The Second Amendment is the one that really protects all of our liberties that we are given by our Lord, and our… — Paul Broun Copy Share Image
But 18 years after the passage of the Civil Liberties Act, there still remains unfinished work to completely rectify and close this… — Xavier Becerra Copy Share Image
“A society dedicated to the protection of equally distributed, modern and effective tools for the exercise of productive liberties cannot come into… — Ivan Illich Copy Share Image
“government must be powerful enough to be effective and to control unruly factions in the society, but not so powerful as to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Government money only pays for the "liberties" the government thinks you should have, and therefore it can determine how you exercise them.… — Jonah Goldberg Copy Share Image
I firmly believe that the Constitution is the most powerful challenge to illiberal tendencies. If the Constitution is followed in letter and… — P. Chidambaram Copy Share Image
Liberal Democrats in government will not follow the last Labour government by sounding the retreat on the protection of civil liberties in… — Nick Clegg Copy Share Image
The government doesn't want us to know what they're doing, how they're interpreting the law, how they're interpreting and redefining their powers,… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
“It’s all circling around the same problem of personal liberties,” Walter said. “People came to this country for either money or freedom.… — Jonathan Franzen Copy Share Image
I don't think I should tell you what to do, nor should the government. As long as you enjoy your own personal… — Armie Hammer Copy Share Image
“Congress may carry on the most wicked and pernicious of schemes under the dark veil of secrecy. The liberties of a people… — Patrick Henry Copy Share Image
Our constitutional liberties shall not be sacrificed in our search for greater security, for that is what our enemies and all enemies… — Tammy Baldwin Copy Share Image
Benjamin Franklin once said, 'A people who would trade liberty for security deserve neither.' I think we can have both. We can… — Patrick Leahy Copy Share Image
I think when people talk about civil liberties, they sometimes forget that action taken to protect the citizen against physical violence and… — John Howard Copy Share Image
It is still in the lap of the gods whether a society can succeed which is based on "civil liberties and human… — Learned Hand Copy Share Image
I'm going to make the claim that I'm stronger than Obama when it comes to civil liberties, and I'm going to make… — Gary Johnson Copy Share Image
Since the writing of our Constitution, our religious liberties have been systematically threatened and whittled away by Supreme Court justices who interpret… — Tim LaHaye Copy Share Image
We must educate ourselves and others about our precious civil liberties to ensure that we never accept demands that we give up… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
For now more than ever, we must keep in the forefront of our minds the fact that whenever we take away the… — Wendell Willkie Copy Share Image
The liberties of our country, the freedom of our civil constitution, are worth defending against all hazards: And it is our duty… — Samuel Adams Copy Share Image
It is the right of a democratically elected parliament to act in defence of our traditional liberties, and everything should be done… — Jeremy Corbyn Copy Share Image
After the Civil War, when blacks fought along whites to secure freedom for all, southern states enacted Black Codes, laws that restricted… — Niger Innis Copy Share Image
During the last 100 years, the House of Lords has never contributed one iota to popular liberties or popular freedom, or done… — Joseph Chamberlain Copy Share Image
I believe that the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act must be reformed. We must improve the American public's confidence in, and perception of,… — Dutch Ruppersberger Copy Share Image
There is a certain hidden mediocrity in those who are stationed above us in life, an ability to take liberties in their… — Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable Copy Share Image
The War on Terror has been and continues to be, above all, a war on the most basic liberties and political safeguards… — Glenn Greenwald Copy Share Image
Those who are troubled by our existing programs are not interested in a repeat of 9/11, and those who defend these programs… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Our government, taxes, and ideas of freedom are already duplicates of the Old World. Our politicians determine how we should live our… — Harry Browne Copy Share Image
The key to understanding the impact of the Human Rights Act in the U.K. is to appreciate that civil liberties and human… — Keir Starmer Copy Share Image
Demanding domestic security in times of war invites carelessness in preserving civil liberties and the right of privacy. Frequently the people are… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
...that standing army can never be formidable (threatening) to the liberties of the people, while there is a large body of citizens,… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
What country can preserve its liberties if its rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Students of reading, writing and common arithmetick . . . Graecian [Greek], Roman, English and American history . . . should be… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
When the public's right to know is threatened, and when the rights of free speech and free press are at risk, all… — Christopher Dodd Copy Share Image
The priceless heritage of the free and independent interchange of thought is not to be kept without ceaseless vigilance. Only by guarding… — 1st Viscount Southwood Julius Elias Copy Share Image
We have got to protect privacy rights. We have got to protect our God-given, constitutionally protected civil liberties, and we are not… — Paul Broun Copy Share Image
Opponents of civil liberties contend the NSA data collection has made our country more safe, but even the most vocal defenders of… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
If there is anything which it is the duty of the whole people to never entrust to any hands but their own,… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
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