Presidents who restrict civil liberties, even in wartime, are usually judged harshly for it. — David Greenberg Copy Share Image
“From October 2003, I uncovered the following quote, which fully expressed the climate of fear of the time --- "Any democratic government,… — W. Montgomery Copy Share Image
“Any democratic government, whether threatened by real or perceived enemies, can succumb to Fascism if its people permit the slow or precipitate… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“As for righting wrongs and fighting for civil liberties, that sort of thing, it wouldn't be so bad ... but then we… — Peter S. Beagle Copy Share Image
I am ... a realist. The magnitude of what one terms license or civil liberties or personal freedom has got to be… — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share Image
What we face is a scared populace, and because it's scared, it's willing to put up with what I think are inevitably… — Michael Scheuer Copy Share Image
Of course, the new domestic paramilitary forces will also undermine free speech and dissent with the threat of force while simultaneously threatening… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
I spent my entire career trying to protect the Constitution, the civil rights and the civil liberties of American citizens and people… — Barbara Jordan Copy Share Image
People at civil-liberties organizations say it's a sea change, and that it's very clear judges have begun to question more critically assertions… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
“If there's a child on the south side of Chicago who can't read, that matters to me, even if it's not my… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“We must insist that free oratory is only the beginning of free speech; it is not the end, but a means to… — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
“Although Holmes's apothegm, "detached reflection cannot be demanded in the presence of an uplifted knife," is sometimes quoted, Holmes scholars have generally… — Richard Maxwell Brown Copy Share Image
“Thinking citizens are no good to democracy, either you obey blind or be branded a terrorist. Either you hold your mouth, mind… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“Let us bask in each other's rights, freedom is foul if it isn't shared.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
Whatever else the religious Right may be, it is a bonanza for its opponents... Reports of the great terror that is upon… — Richard John Neuhaus Copy Share Image
How can you be conservative and justify wiretapping people without a warrant? We're supposed to be the party of personal freedom and… — Roger Stone Copy Share Image
American high schools have physically imprisoned young people, stripped them of civil liberties and fed them a diet of p.c. pap. — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
Almost all the civil liberty now enjoyed in the world owes its origin to the principles of the christian religion. — Noah Webster Copy Share Image
It's just in Washington we're talking about equal rights for gay people, civil liberty to smoke marijuana, taking care of the environment,… — Rick Steves Copy Share Image
“We are afraid of what we will do to others, afraid of the rage that lies in wait somewhere deep in our… — Joshua Loth Liebman Copy Share Image
If we don't believe in free expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Let me be clear: There is no stronger advocate for civil liberties in the Senate than myself. — Saxby Chambliss 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
