The key to understanding the impact of the Human Rights…

It is still in the lap of the gods whether a society can succeed which is based on "civil liberties and human rights" conceived…

— Learned Hand

May it not be asked of every intelligent friend to the liberties of his country, whether the power exercised in such an act as…

— James Madison

“The House adjourned without voting on the bill, but the following year a similar bill—mandating equality in hotels and restaurants open to the public,…

— H.W. Brands

Rights compliance helps effective outcomes, it does not hinder them. That should come as no surprise because the 'human rights' in the Human Rights…

— Keir Starmer

To draft a bill of rights that simply replicates the European convention on human rights gives the game away; namely that the Human Rights…

— Keir Starmer

Strip away the factual misinformation repeatedly peddled about the Human Rights Act and almost everyone acknowledges that it works well in practice. Police up…

— Keir Starmer

The Human Rights Act is a really important constitutional document, it isn't just a villain's charter.

— Keir Starmer

The history of America is to expand civil liberties in a responsible and civil manner. We need to remember that our wonderful Democracy with…

— James McGreevey

The American Civil Liberties Union, has helped neutralize the Judeo-Christian underpinnings of our legal system by seeking new legal precedents.

— Bill Bright

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

— Mary Robinson

It is no response to assert that the Patriot Act has been useful; what you need to explain is how any particular safeguard would…

— Julian Sanchez

I think when people talk about civil liberties, they sometimes forget that action taken to protect the citizen against physical violence and physical attack…

— John Howard

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

— Betty Hill

It is aspiring tyrants who say that 'civil liberties end when an attack on our safety begins.' Conversely, leaders who wish to preserve the…

— Timothy D. Snyder

Using a broad brushstroke, I think Libertarian - most of America are socially accepting and fiscally responsible. I'm in that category. I think, broadly…

— Gary Johnson