Let it not be said that no one cared, that no one objected…

I'm convinced that you never have to give up liberties to be safe. I think you're less safe when you give up your liberties.

— Ron Paul

Demanding domestic security in times of war invites carelessness in preserving civil liberties and the right of privacy. Frequently the people are only too…

— Ron Paul

Congress remains in total denial as our liberties are rapidly fading before our eyes. The process is propelled by unwarranted fear and ignorance as…

— Ron Paul

The cost in terms of liberties lost and the unnecessary exposure to terrorism are difficult to determine, but in time it will become apparent…

— Ron Paul

Times of tragedy and war naturally bring out strong emotions... Sometimes people are only too anxious to sacrifice their constitutional liberties during a crisis,…

— Ron Paul

We must educate ourselves and others about our precious civil liberties to ensure that we never accept demands that we give up our Constitution…

— Ron Paul

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

All our liberties are due to men who, when their conscience has compelled them, have broken the laws of the land.

— William Kingdon Clifford

Every time that we try to lift a problem from our own shoulders, and shift that problem to the hands of the government, to…

— John F. Kennedy

The old question still remains: Can a free people restrain crime without sacrificing fundamental liberties and a heritage of compassion?

— Gerald R. Ford

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

Our liberties do not come from charters; for these are only the declaration of pre-existing rights. They do not depend on parchments or seals;…

— John Dickinson

What country can preserve its liberties if its rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance?…

— Thomas Jefferson

O poor New England! There is a deep laid plot against your civil and religious liberties, and they will be lost. Your golden days…

— George Whitefield