Civil liberties Quotes · Page 4

I was on the state board of directors of the American Civil Liberties Union.

— Betty Hill

Terrorism is escalating to the point that Americans soon may have to choose between civil liberties and more intrusive means of protection.

— Anonymous

I worked at the New York Civil Liberties Union as a starving actor in the early '80s. I was in love with…

— Jamey Sheridan

Men are qualified for civil liberty in exact proportion to their disposition to put moral chains upon their own appetites.

— Edmund Burke

There is a need to accept a limited disruption of civil liberties in order to penetrate terror.

— Ehud Barak

Those who would give up their civil liberties for security deserve neither.

— Larry Flynt

Since I became chairman, I've tried to turn EFF into civil liberties and responsibilities.

— Esther Dyson

Presidents who restrict civil liberties, even in wartime, are usually judged harshly for it.

— David Greenberg

Of course, the new domestic paramilitary forces will also undermine free speech and dissent with the threat of force while simultaneously threatening…

— Henry Giroux

New Labour has systematically alienated section after section of our natural supporters - teachers, health workers, students, pensioners, public service workers, trade…

— John McDonnell

For the hundreds of thousands of Californians in gay and lesbian households who are managing their day-to-day lives, this decision affirms the…

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

The history of America is to expand civil liberties in a responsible and civil manner. We need to remember that our wonderful…

— James McGreevey

Civil liberties are a great heritage for Americans. They are not rights that the government gives to the people, they are the…

— Edward Bennett Williams

If you don't believe this election is important, if you think you can sit it out, take a moment to think about…

— Bernie Sanders

Liberals say they are for civil liberties and personal freedom, but they continue to advocate government regulation of business, redistribution of wealth,…

— Richard Ebeling

It is impossible to grasp the meaning of the idea of sound money if one does not realize that it was devised…

— Ludwig von Mises

We should be active leaders in the fight for civil liberties which adequately reflect present social realities. Furthermore the left as a…

— Joseph Muscat

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

The civil liberties types who are fighting this issue have to fight it, owing to the nature of the laws, as a…

— Tom Lehrer

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

— Geoff Mulgan

Recall that the United Nations commissioned Arab scholars and analysts to publish the Arab Human Development Report. What causes the backwardness, the…

— Larry Elder

If you see the rhetoric from coming out of the Democrats is that they're pro-civil liberties, and an important part of civil…

— Julian Assange

There is not a truth to be gathered from history more certain, or more momentous, than this: that civil liberty cannot long…

— Joseph Story

When you couple this militarization of law enforcement with an erosion of civil liberties and due process that allows the police to…

— Rand Paul

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.

— James Madison

The Cause of civil liberty must not be surrendered at the end of one, or even one hundred defeats.

— Abraham Lincoln

Most liberals think of civil liberties as their Achilles heel. It isn't.

— Joe Biden

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

— Charles Wheelan

“Let us bask in each other's rights, freedom is foul if it isn't shared.”

— Abhijit Naskar

Freedom of speech and civil liberties have been targeted and repressed in Hong Kong.

— Michelle Steel

National security is the first duty of government but we are also committed to reversing the substantial erosion of civil liberties.

— Theresa May

One of the most clearly marked trends for over twenty years has been the decline in civil liberties.

— Charles A. Reich

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

— Tucker Carlson

For a better society, some liberties need to be restricted and some shall be courageous to sacrifice themselves for equality.

— Anonymous

I believe in civil liberties for homosexuals. I guess I'd have to say I'd draw the line at letting them teach in…

— Jack Kemp

“If you think human rights is a political matter, what you think does not matter.”

— Abhijit Naskar

[If you understood the natural rights of mankind,] [y]ou would be convinced that natural liberty is a gift of the beneficent Creator…

— Alexander Hamilton

If you know anything about what a lot of the senior leaders at Amazon do in their free time, they spend a…

— Andy Jassy

Since Humanism as a functioning credo is so closely bound up with the methods of reason and science, plainly free speech and…

— Corliss Lamont

I grew up in the 1960s in Memphis, and my father was a member of the American Civil Liberties Union. I was…

— Ira Sachs