“Some say secularism is in their blood, some say liberty, all the while being the posterboys of persecution.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
A people who extend civil liberties only to preferred groups start down the path either to dictatorship of the right or the… — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
Civil liberty is only natural liberty, modified and secured by the sanctions of civil society. — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
I read these polls because civil-liberties organizations tell me I need to be aware of public opinion. — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Funny, for all surveillance, Osama bin Laden is still free—and we're not. Guess who's winning the "war on terror? — Cory Doctorow Copy Share Image
History, I believe, furnishes no example of a priest-ridden people maintaining a free civil government. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
I urge calm and sensitivity to the fundamental civil liberties of our country. — Larry Craig Copy Share Image
I believe we should come down very firmly on the guilty without infringing the civil liberties of the innocent, like publishing mobile… — Nasser Hussain Copy Share Image
I believe in a relatively equal society, supported by institutions that limit extremes of wealth and poverty. I believe in democracy, civil… — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
You can gesture at the transnational problem of Islamist terrorism all you like, but it's just hot air unless you invest in… — Giles Foden Copy Share Image
Restriction of free thought and free speech is the most dangerous of all subversions. It is the one un-American act that could… — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
I believe that successfully addressing our national security needs while protecting our basic freedoms and civil liberties requires continual Congressional oversight, and… — Patrick J. Kennedy Copy Share Image
The Point, not unlike the Communist Chinese, the ACLU abhors individual religious freedom, and it supports only those civil liberties that fit… — Mark Hyman, M.D Copy Share Image
The copyright industry has managed to kill civil liberties for their own children, ushering in a dystopian surveillance machine, merely to avoid… — Rick Falkvinge Copy Share Image
While everyone is focused on security and civil liberties, Trump's Cabinet of billionaires will try to quietly push through even more extreme… — Naomi Klein Copy Share Image
In the year 2010, Kenya adopted a new constitution. With that constitution, we further secured the human rights and civil liberties of… — Mwai Kibaki Copy Share Image
“On the other hand, he stressed in scores of letters and statements that Americans should not let the fear of communism cause… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
“Religious freedom is embedded within a much larger bundle of civil liberties. At the core of religious expression is the freedom of… — Timothy Shah Copy Share Image
“Today this key component of revolution—the gap between what people want, and indeed expect, and what they get—is being played out in… — Chris Hedges Copy Share Image
“Faith should be a tool to set us free, not a means to fuel a fascist agenda seeking to impede the civil… — Cristina Marrero Copy Share Image
“Now, I’d like to ask people in the room, please raise your hand if you have not broken a law, any law,… — John Gilmore Copy Share Image
“Everybody is a terrorist, till you see the reformist (The Sonnet) Everybody is a president, till you see the first servant. Everybody… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
Free inquiry entails recognition of civil liberties as integral to its pursuit, that is, a free press, freedom of communication, the right… — Paul Kurtz Copy Share Image
I fear that the impact of university censorship and university denial of due process will be to mis-educate a generation of students… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
Let no man think we can deny civil liberty to others and retain it for ourselves. — Robert M. La Follette, Sr Copy Share Image
There is a need to accept a limited disruption of civil liberties in order to penetrate terror. — Ehud Barak Copy Share Image
Men are qualified for civil liberty in exact proportion to their disposition to put moral chains upon their own appetites. — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
I believe that all forms of socialism have been proven over time to result in a loss of both economic and civil… — John Mackey Copy Share Image
I worked at the New York Civil Liberties Union as a starving actor in the early '80s. I was in love with… — Jamey Sheridan Copy Share Image
Terrorism is escalating to the point that Americans soon may have to choose between civil liberties and more intrusive means of protection. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If the true spark of religious and civil liberty be kindled, it will burn. — Daniel Webster Copy Share Image
I was on the state board of directors of the American Civil Liberties Union. — Betty Hill Copy Share Image
“Lions don't leave society in the hands of government. Government is second in command - civilians, chief commander.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
The American Civil Liberties Union, has helped neutralize the Judeo-Christian underpinnings of our legal system by seeking new legal precedents. — Bill Bright Copy Share Image
Christians should be among those who speak loudest in defense of civil liberties and the protection of the weak. — Max Anders Copy Share Image
Since 9/11 the United States has been followed by countries with bad records, such as the former Soviet Union countries, into erosions… — Mary Robinson Copy Share Image
It is aspiring tyrants who say that 'civil liberties end when an attack on our safety begins.' Conversely, leaders who wish to… — Timothy D. Snyder Copy Share Image
Do you care about climate justice? Are you about women's rights and women's reproductive rights? Do you care about civil liberties and… — Linda Sarsour Copy Share Image
In order to have greater visibility of the larger cyber threat landscape, we must remove the government bureaucratic stovepipes that inhibit our… — Michael McCaul Copy Share Image
I know that we will be judged in history by not only how we disrupt terrorism but how we protect the civil… — Robert Mueller Copy Share Image
