Civil liberties Quote by Anonymous

After each perceived security crisis ended, the United States has remorsefully realized that the abrogation of civil liberties was unnecessary.

— William J. Brennan

“National security trumps a lot. It can trampke civil rights. It can denude personal liberties. But it cannot and never will triumph over political…

— David Baldacci

“Whenever we are attacked, people are willing to give up someone else's liberties for their own security.”

— Andrew P. Napolitano

“Most white Americans were willing to sacrifice civil liberties in the name of national security as long as they were the civil liberties of…

— Neil Nakadate

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

— Ehud Barak

Even though some in our government may claim that civil liberties must be compromised in order to protect the public, we must be wary…

— Lucille Roybal-Allard

...[W]e insist on the principle that no danger or crisis, foreign or domestic, will be solved by Americans surrendering more of their constitutional liberties,…

— Larry P. Arnn

We cannot simply suspend or restrict civil liberties until the War on Terror is over, because the War on Terror is unlikely ever to…

— Gerald Bard Tjoflat

I have a personal belief that you never have to give up liberty for security. You can still provide security without sacrificing our Bill…

— Ron Paul

The Patriot Act closed dangerous gaps in America's law enforcement and intelligence capabilities, gaps that terrorists exploited when they attacked us.

— George W. Bush

“National security was invoked so freely that the First Amendment had become an empty promise. ”

— Matthew Bracken

It must never be forgotten...that the liberties of the people are not so safe under the gracious manner of government as by the limitation…

— Richard Henry Lee