The government should always be the one defending civil…

When I think of civil liberties I think of the founding principles of the country. The freedoms that are in the First Amendment. But…

— Tim Cook

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

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

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

I'm just not sure I trust the federal government not to trample on civil liberties.

— Tucker Carlson

“We’ve built a society that values civil liberties even at the expense of social order.”

— Charles Wheelan

By international standards, many of the U.K.'s policies for civil society are exemplary. However, there are concerns about constraints on civil liberties - particularly…

— Geoff Mulgan

The seemingly omnipresent storm clouds hanging over the Constitution often make it hard to find a silver lining. Every day, the front page of…

— Bob Barr

The suppression of civil liberties is too many less a matter for horror than the curtailment of the freedom to profit.

— Marya Mannes

Obama behaves like a centrist who leans tentatively left on certain social programs but boldly right on military force and civil liberties.

— David K. Shipler

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

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