This wholesale invasion of Americans’ and foreign citizens’ privacy does not contribute to our security; it puts in danger the very liberties… — Daniel Ellsberg Copy Share Image
We must erase bin Laden's ugly legacy, not extend it: by ending the Patriot Act's erosion of our civil liberties, we can… — Aaron Swartz Copy Share Image
“What we require is a balance between protest and stability. This is never easy to obtain but is worth attempting, because we… — James MICHENER Copy Share Image
Generally, the Constitution is a charter of negative liberties, says what the states can't do to you. Says what the federal government… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
When we fled from the oppressions of kings and parliaments in Europe, to found this great Republic in America, we brought with… — Caleb Cushing Copy Share Image
In addition, as citizens, we must fight in their incipient stages all movements by government or party or pressure groups that seek… — Wendell Willkie Copy Share Image
“Every birthday until your twenty-second is a big one. Your twenty-second is a bust. From there on out you receive no new… — Tracey Ward Copy Share Image
“Having my basic human freedoms torn from me by ruthless and malicious governments, I am forever grateful for all the wonderful opportunities… — Al Zelczer Copy Share Image
Do we exert our own liberties without injury to others - we exert them justly; do we exert them at the expense… — Frances Wright Copy Share Image
We must protect the very things that make America so special - most certainly including our civil liberties. But we cannot do… — Mike Pompeo Copy Share Image
We have less civil liberties than we had on 9/ 1 1 in some significant ways. But we are also, I believe,… — David D. Cole Copy Share Image
We will not let terrorists change our way of life; we will not live in fear; and we will not undermine the… — Adam Schiff Copy Share Image
The American Civil Liberties Union has a reputation for serving as a 'guardian of liberty,' protecting our privacy and the First Amendment… — Tom Fitton Copy Share Image
And I hear from time to time people say, hey, wait a second, we have civil liberties we have to worry about.… — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
I'm so proud of my Chinese ancestry, but I was born and raised in America, and I really believe in American values,… — Gary Locke Copy Share Image
It has long been a grave question whether any government, not too strong for the liberties of its people, can be strong… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Tyranny is the exercise of some power over a man, which is not warranted by law, or necessary for the public safety.… — Noah Webster Copy Share Image
The function of the true state is to impose the minimum restrictions and safeguard the maximum liberties of the people, and it… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
Government is, by its very nature, a destroyer of liberties; the Obama administration, specifically, is promising to interfere with the economy and… — Thomas Frank Copy Share Image
“After all, people seemed quite easy about having their rights and liberties taken away by those they looked up to, but somehow… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Using a broad brushstroke, I think Libertarian - most of America are socially accepting and fiscally responsible. I'm in that category. I… — Gary Johnson Copy Share Image
When under siege, if we do not stand for our liberties and for the liberties of those who are unable to stand… — Tim Huelskamp Copy Share Image
If the women of the United States, with their free schools and all their enlarged liberties, are not superior to women brought… — Anna Howard Shaw Copy Share Image
“they're so fond of Liberty in this part of the globe, that they buy her and sell her and carry her to… — Dickens, Charles Copy Share Image
I think we [Americans] are going to look back and realize that the civil liberties that we've given up in the name… — Jeremy Scahill Copy Share Image
There is no 'slippery slope' toward loss of liberties, only a long staircase where each step downward must first be tolerated by… — Alan K. Simpson Copy Share Image
Initial work is on period research where the historical markers are absolutely non-negotiable. Once that is established, a writer can take creative… — Ashwin Sanghi Copy Share Image
We were taking the black young men who had been crippled by our society and sending them eight thousand miles away to… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
We believe no more in Bonaparte's fighting merely for the liberties of the seas than in Great Britain's fighting for the liberties… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
We can see our liberties vanishing here in the United States... A little bit here and a little piece there... We can… — G. Edward Griffin Copy Share Image
I believe we should come down very firmly on the guilty without infringing the civil liberties of the innocent, like publishing mobile… — Nasser Hussain Copy Share Image
You are not to inquire how your trade may be increased, nor how you are to become a great and powerful people,… — Patrick Henry Copy Share Image
There is a sacred realm of privacy for every man and woman where he makes his choices and decisions-a realm of his… — Geoffrey Fisher Copy Share Image
No, sometimes we just have to take liberties because the idea was so good. I wish we'd just gone with the idea… — Jennifer Saunders Copy Share Image
“Most white Americans were willing to sacrifice civil liberties in the name of national security as long as they were the civil… — Neil Nakadate Copy Share Image
I believe that all forms of socialism have been proven over time to result in a loss of both economic and civil… — John Mackey Copy Share Image
If there's anything I have learned since returning to Congress, it's that talk is still cheap, progress is still slow, and our… — Matt Salmon Copy Share Image
This is a time when the protections of Americans' liberties are directly at risk, as are the checks and balances that have… — Patrick Leahy Copy Share Image
Men are qualified for civil liberties in exact proportion to their disposition to put moral chains upon their appetites: in proportion as… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
For as Jews, the problem happens to be more urgent and vital than for others; because the destruction of religion on America… — Louis Finkelstein Copy Share Image
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