“Civil Sanity (Sonnet 1631) You know what the problem is! We question love more than we question hate. We question humility more… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“There is no greater environmental stabilizer than commoners jolted to duty.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
Now that Bin Laden dead, can we get our civil liberties back? That George Bush stole with the Patriot Act? — Ras Kass Copy Share Image
Most liberals think of civil liberties as their Achilles heel. It isn't. — Joe Biden Copy Share Image
History, I believe, furnishes no example of a priest-ridden people maintaining a free civil government. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The U.S. intelligence community is in a very poor position to be trusted with protecting civil liberties while engaging in intelligence work. — Chelsea Manning 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
Technology provides us means outside of governments to begin enforcing our rights, enforcing protection of civil liberties, regardless of law, through the… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
If you know anything about what a lot of the senior leaders at Amazon do in their free time, they spend a… — Andy Jassy Copy Share Image
Even though some in our government may claim that civil liberties must be compromised in order to protect the public, we must… — Lucille Roybal-Allard 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
The beauty of our country is that when it was founded that they took some time to lay out civil liberties in… — Aaron Rodgers Copy Share Image
The first duty of government is to protect the citizen from assault. Unless it does this, all the civil rights and civil… — Richard Viguerie Copy Share Image
I first met Mr Tarkunde in 1976 during the Emergency, when Civil Liberties had been extinguished and the Habeas Corpus case was… — Prashant Bhushan Copy Share Image
We must erase bin Laden's ugly legacy, not extend it: by ending the Patriot Act's erosion of our civil liberties, we can… — Aaron Swartz Copy Share Image
I am determined to try to rebuild and renew this country in ways that will build community and level the playing field.… — Carol Moseley Braun Copy Share Image
We should be active leaders in the fight for civil liberties which adequately reflect present social realities. Furthermore the left as a… — Joseph Muscat Copy Share Image
“Americans now considered the danger of surveillance of greater concern than the danger of terrorism: Overall, 47% say their greater concern about… — Glenn Greenwald Copy Share Image
The civil liberty of every mode of worship, and full power given to all of openly and publicly manifesting their opinions and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The sad reality is that all the well-meaning groups and individuals who challenge our permanent war economy and the doctrine of preemptive… — 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
As Paretsky detailed in her short memoir Writing in an Age of Silence (2007), early optimism buoyed by the civil rights movement… — Sarah Weinman Copy Share Image
You have to have a multipronged approach and a significant part of that is educating the public and change the culture so… — David D. Cole Copy Share Image
“The conservative ideology sees LGBT rights as an affront to the traditional way of life, for some reason. We are attacked as… — Ian Thomas Malone Copy Share Image
“Here is how I propose to end book-banning in this country once and for all: Every candidate for school committee should be… — Kurt Vonnegut Jr Copy Share Image
“From time to time our national history has been marred by forgetfulness of the Jeffersonian principle that restraint is at the heart… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
“What do our opponents mean when they apply to us the label "Liberal?" If by "Liberal" they mean, as they want people… — John Fitzgerald Kennedy Copy Share Image
“Since 2001, the U.S. government has abandoned its role as a champion of human rights and has perpetrated terrible and illegal abuses… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
“Gradual change is in principle, of course, a good idea, certainly in countries where a blatant disregard for civil liberties go hand… — John R. Bradley Copy Share Image
“What we require is a balance between protest and stability. This is never easy to obtain but is worth attempting, because we… — James MICHENER Copy Share Image
Demanding domestic security in times of war invites carelessness in preserving civil liberties and the right of privacy. Frequently the people are… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
We will not let terrorists change our way of life; we will not live in fear; and we will not undermine the… — Adam Schiff Copy Share Image
...I am opposed to all attempts to license or restrict the arming of individuals... I consider such laws a violation of civil… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
And I hear from time to time people say, hey, wait a second, we have civil liberties we have to worry about.… — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
“Our freedoms are vanishing. If you do not get active to take a stand now against all that is wrong while we… — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
What are we fighting the terrorists for if we ourselves do not even stand up for democracy - civil liberties and fundamental… — Nawaz Sharif Copy Share Image
