We must pose the familiar question about how far our civil…

Eisenhower was less deferential to the military than he seemed likely to be, Kennedy was not at all beholden to the pope, George W.…

— David K. Shipler

The way I think liberties get eroded is not that all of a sudden you become an Orwellian state, but gradually it becomes harder…

— Rebecca MacKinnon

The national security state has many unfair and cruel weapons in its arsenal, but that of junk science is one which can be fought…

— Aldrich Ames

Accountability is the essence of democracy. If people do not know what their government is doing, they cannot be truly self-governing. The national security…

— Garry Wills

To make the world safe for those who own it, politically active elements of the owning class have created a national security state that…

— Michael Parenti

I first met Mr Tarkunde in 1976 during the Emergency, when Civil Liberties had been extinguished and the Habeas Corpus case was being heard…

— Prashant Bhushan

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

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