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
“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
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
We have got to protect privacy rights. We have got to protect our God-given, constitutionally protected civil liberties, and we are not… — Paul Broun Copy Share Image
At the foundation of our civil liberties lies the principle that denies to government officials an exceptional position before the law and… — Louis D. Brandeis Copy Share Image
Opponents of civil liberties contend the NSA data collection has made our country more safe, but even the most vocal defenders of… — Rand Paul 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
“There is the greatest difference between assuming an opinion to be true, because, with every opportunity for contesting it, it has not… — John Stuart Mill 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
NATO is based on shared values. Democracy, individual civil liberties and the rule of law. In public and also in meetings with… — Jens Stoltenberg Copy Share Image
“Resistance to change in the mental health system comes disguised as protection of civil liberties and freedom of speech. As a result,… — Tamara Hill, MS Copy Share Image
The issue of religious liberty is absolutely critical. America was founded on three different types of liberty: political liberty, economic liberty, and… — Dinesh D'Souza Copy Share Image
The concept of military necessity is seductively broad, and has a dangerous plasticity. Because they invariably have the visage of overriding importance,… — William J. Brennan Copy Share Image
The basic principles of democracy should be observed whatever the country - principles such as civil liberties, a free market, a free… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
“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
“In practice Truman's loyalty program was careless of civil liberties. The very word "loyalty" was problematic, encouraging zealots to bring charges on… — James T. Patterson Copy Share Image
The Libertarians, of whom I'm rather fond, are running Harry Browne. Libertarians are, just as they claim, principled and consistent- they believe… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
Politics and the pulpit are terms that have little agreement. No sound ought to be heard in the church but the healing… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
President Obama's decision not to go to Congress for help in establishing reasonable standards for the continued detention of Guantanamo detainees is… — Benjamin Wittes Copy Share Image
Frankly, I don't think you should perform in a plaza where thousands of Cubans have been subjected to the death penalty, by… — Zoe Valdes Copy Share Image
Let us teach our people again to be proud that they are Filipinos. Let us teach them to realize anew that being… — Carlos P. Romulo 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
Our country has a lot of problems. When the world looks at how bad the United States is and then we go… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
“Perhaps they'd been conditioned by all the quarantines and blackouts, all the invisible boundaries CSIRA erected on a moment's notice. The rules… — Peter Watts Copy Share Image
This [anti-terrorism bill] is a violation of the First Amendment right to free speech and the Fourth Amendment protection of private property...… — Butch Otter Copy Share Image
“It's almost hard to imagine anything more undemocratic than the view that political officials should not debate American wars in public, but… — Glenn Greenwald Copy Share Image
We physicians have focused on the nuclear threat as the singular issue of our era. We are not indifferent to other human… — Bernard Lown Copy Share Image
Liberal Democrats in government will not follow the last Labour government by sounding the retreat on the protection of civil liberties in… — Nick Clegg Copy Share Image
I can say across Europe that many principles that have been taken for granted here around free speech, and around civil liberties… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“The goal was a U.S. Gestapo. Senator Ervin described the espionage squad inside the White House as a “gestapo mentality.” J. Edgar… — Mae Brussell Copy Share Image
The September 11 attacks were major atrocities. . . . This was a horrendous crime . . . The primary victims .… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“Like a lot of lawyers in the party, my father combined uncritical devotion to the imaginary Soviet Union in his head with… — Katha Pollitt Copy Share Image
I will not call myself a pacifist for the very simple reason that if something like a [Francisco] Franco should arise in… — Murray Bookchin Copy Share Image
I'm witnessing the problems that the federal government is passing down in terms of drones, in violation of our civil liberties, spying… — Matt Rosendale Copy Share Image
I like Mitt Romney as a person. I think he's a dignified person. But I have no common ground on economics. He… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
The seemingly omnipresent storm clouds hanging over the Constitution often make it hard to find a silver lining. Every day, the front… — Bob Barr Copy Share Image
Critics have stepped up their attacks on the President for authorizing the National Security Agency to listen to international communications of known… — Scott McClellan Copy Share Image
If by a "Liberal," they mean someone who looks ahead and not behind, someone who welcomes new ideas without rigid reactions, someone… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Let no man think we can deny civil liberty to others and retain it for ourselves. When zealous agents of the Government… — Robert M. La Follette, Sr Copy Share Image
“The rights and liberties represented by democracy, many agreed, were losing ground across the globe to restrictions imposed by authoritarian autocracy… It… — Aberjhani Copy Share Image
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