Our country is wounded and bleeding now if we don't know…

The country is so wounded, bleeding, and hurt right now. The country needs to be healed-it's not going to be healed from the top,…

— Robert Redford

“You're badly wounded. You're bleeding but not cut. You feel like dying but you're not. It’s a Love accident an emotional injury. You are…

— Bradley B. Dalina

One thing that does seem to me to be fairly consistent is that presidents who restrict civil liberties, even in wartime, are usually judged…

— David Greenberg

We are so considerate of the minute constitutional rights and even of the political feelings and influence of people whom we have every reason…

— Westbrook Pegler

“Few would argue against safe-guarding the nation. But in the judgment of at least one of the country's most distinguished presidential scholars, the legal…

— Jane Mayer

Freedom of religion, freedom of the press, freedom of person under protection of habeas corpus; and trial by juries impartially selected, these principles form…

— Thomas Jefferson

The Justices are currently considering a case, argued last month, which seeks to extend the writ of habeas corpus to al Qaeda and Taliban…

— John Yoo

Why are we proud? We are proud, first of all, because from the beginning of this Nation, a man can walk upright, no matter…

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

Freedom of the person under the protection of habeas corpus. I deem one of the essential principles of our government.

— Thomas Jefferson

Prisoners, according to the law, who are non-U.S. citizens and are detained outside the U.S. - including in Guantanamo Bay - are denied 'habeas…

— Noah Feldman

“Jefferson's ambivalence toward the French Revolution matters. As a key founder of the American republic, he bridges the moderate and radical Enlightenments. He tried…

— Kim R. Holmes

“I was once asked if I had any ideas for a really scary reality TV show. I have one reality show that would really…

— Kurt Vonnegut

“The only word these corporations know is more,” wrote Chris Hedges, former correspondent for the Christian Science Monitor, National Public Radio, and the New York…

— Jim Marrs

The real test of one's belief in the doctrine of Habeas Corpus is not when one demands its application on behalf of one's friends…

— Clement Attlee

“For the same reason , the American government has invented a completely new juridical category , that of 'illegal enemy combatants'. In general, the…

— Tzvetan Todorov