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Since Humanism as a functioning credo is so closely bound up with the methods of reason and science, plainly free speech and democracy are its… — Corliss Lamont
Make no mistake; the American Revolution was not fought to obtain freedom, but to preserve the liberties that Americans already had as colonials. Independence was… — Samuel Eliot Morison
The American Revolution was a vindication of liberties inherited and possessed. It was a conservative revolution. — William E. Gladstone
Generally, the Constitution is a charter of negative liberties, says what the states can't do to you. Says what the federal government can't do to… — Barack Obama
Men make the moral code and they expect women to accept it. They have decided that it is entirely right and proper for men to… — Emmeline Pankhurst
Don't be afraid to take liberties with this music. Try and put some of yourself into it. — Brian Setzer
How can you be conservative and justify wiretapping people without a warrant? We're supposed to be the party of personal freedom and civil liberties. — Roger Stone
The difference between Liberty and liberties is as great as God and gods. — Ludwig Borne
But 18 years after the passage of the Civil Liberties Act, there still remains unfinished work to completely rectify and close this regrettable chapter in… — Xavier Becerra
One ought not to be unkind to a woman merely on account of her plainness, any more than one had a right to take liberties… — Murasaki Shikibu
At heart, American conservatives like myself are believers in the Constitution. We believe that the principles embodied in the Constitution are enduring, and that to… — Sean Hannity
Most liberties have been won by people who broke the law — Michael Foot
When the venture has been made of dealing with historical events and characters, it always seems fair towards the reader to avow what liberties have… — Charlotte Mary Yonge
The Supreme Court has said that: Marriage is the most important relation in life. Now that's being withheld from the plaintiffs. It is the foundation… — Ted Olson
The flag represents all the values and the liberties Americans have and enjoy everyday. — Bill Shuster
O poor New England! There is a deep laid plot against your civil and religious liberties, and they will be lost. Your golden days are… — George Whitefield
If the prosecution of crime is to be conducted with so little regard for that protection which centuries of English law have given to the… — Learned Hand
I have very real concerns about the civil liberties implications of ultimately requiring every resident to submit themselves for compulsory fingerprinting or some other biometric… — Patricia Hewitt
The corporations that profit from permanent war need us to be afraid. Fear stops us from objecting to government spending on a bloated military. Fear… — Chris Hedges
It would indeed be ironic if, in the name of national defence, we would sanction the subversion of one of those liberties which make the… — Earl Warren
The militia is the natural defense of a free country against sudden foreign invasions, domestic insurrections, and domestic usurpation of power by rulers. The right… — Joseph Story
The liberties and freedoms which we hold dear and we recognize and cherish and respect guide the way we gather information in the United States — John Ashcroft
Finally it should be the earnest wish and paramount aim of the military administration to win the confidence, respect, and affection of the inhabitants of… — William McKinley
People are not usually deprived of their liberties all at once, but gradually, by one encroachment after another, as it is found they are disposed… — Jonathan Mayhew
I look forward to exercising my American civil liberties and getting fully, completely and legally married this year to my true love of over three… — Melissa Etheridge

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