Civil Liberties Quotes
129 Civil Liberties quotes by 108 unique authors
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Most liberals think of civil liberties as their Achilles heel. It isn't.
— Joe Biden
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In the 1880s, people all over the world looked to America for inspiration. Its very existence was proof that it was possible to have a…
— Harry Browne
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I spent my entire career trying to protect the Constitution, the civil rights and the civil liberties of American citizens and people who are here…
— Barbara Jordan
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Civil liberty is only natural liberty, modified and secured by the sanctions of civil society.
— Alexander Hamilton
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[If you understood the natural rights of mankind,] [y]ou would be convinced that natural liberty is a gift of the beneficent Creator to the whole…
— Alexander Hamilton
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Those Who Sacrifice Liberty For Security Deserve Neither.
— Benjamin Franklin
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Civil liberty is the status of the man who is guaranteed by law and civil institutions the exclusive employment of all his own powers for…
— William Graham Sumner
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I believe, very strongly, that it is the responsible, adult, recreational, no apologies necessary, 'it just makes my music more fun,' recreational use of marijuana…
— Rick Steves
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A Bible and a newspaper in every house, a good school in every district; all studied and appreciated as they merit; are the principal support…
— Benjamin Franklin
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The federal war on drugs is a total failure... The federal government's going in there and overriding state laws... Why don't we handle the drugs…
— Ron Paul
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The suppression of civil liberties is too many less a matter for horror than the curtailment of the freedom to profit.
— Marya Mannes
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Civil liberty can be established on no foundation of human reason which will not at the same time demonstrate the right of religious freedom.
— John Quincy Adams
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It is easy to make light of insistence on scrupulous regard for the safeguards of civil liberties when invoked on behalf of the unworthy. History…
— Felix Frankfurter
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As long as I have any choice in the matter, I shall live only in a country where civil liberty, tolerance and equality of all…
— Albert Einstein
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Superstition is an enemy to civil liberty.
— David Hume
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...I am opposed to all attempts to license or restrict the arming of individuals... I consider such laws a violation of civil liberty, subversive of…
— Robert A. Heinlein
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We cannot simply suspend or restrict civil liberties until the War on Terror is over, because the War on Terror is unlikely ever to be…
— Unknown Author
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Terrorism is escalating to the point that Americans soon may have to choose between civil liberties and more intrusive means of protection.
— William Cohen
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Terrorists in 6 weeks have been able to command 300 million North Americans to do away with the entirety of their civil liberties that took…
— Unknown Author
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We physicians have focused on the nuclear threat as the singular issue of our era. We are not indifferent to other human rights and hard-won…
— Bernard Lown
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There is so much each one of us can do to make a difference. We are at a dangerous juncture in the history of mankind.…
— Bianca Jagger
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But the fact being once established, that the press is impotent when it abandons itself to falsehood, I leave to others to restore it to…
— Thomas Jefferson
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Frankly, I don't think you should perform in a plaza where thousands of Cubans have been subjected to the death penalty, by firing squad, including…
— Unknown Author
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The result [Republicans winning the Senate] would be devastating for reproductive choice, the environment, civil liberties, Social Security and health care, as well as corporate…
— Barbra Streisand
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Men are qualified for civil liberty in exact proportion to their disposition to put moral chains upon their own appetites.
— Edmund Burke
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