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If the new Universal History were also read, it would give a connected idea of human affairs, so far as it goes, which should be… — Benjamin Franklin
Americans need to understand the significance of having their civil liberties dismantled. It doesn't just affect terrorists and foreigners, it affects us all. — Bianca Jagger
We will not let terrorists change our way of life; we will not live in fear; and we will not undermine the civil liberties that… — Adam Schiff
The psychedelic issue is a civil rights and civil liberties issue. It is an issue concerned with the most basic of human freedoms: religious practice… — Terence McKenna
It is no response to assert that the Patriot Act has been useful; what you need to explain is how any particular safeguard would have… — Julian Sanchez
Growing maturity is marked by the increasing liberties we take with our travelling... we made the discovery (some people never make it) that real books… — C.S. Lewis
Those concerns of a national character-such as air and water pollution that do not respect state boundaries, or the national transportation system, or efforts to… — Ronald Reagan
I do not use the language of my people. I can take liberties with certain themes which the Arabic language would not allow me to… — Tahar Ben Jelloun
I wish I could say I was shocked at the reports the NSA is secretly spying on the private phone calls of millions of Verizon… — Ron Paul
In the midst of these pleasing ideas we should be unfaithful to ourselves if we should ever lose sight of the danger to our liberties… — Samuel Adams
The dichotomy between personal liberties and property rights is a false one. Property does not have rights. People have rights. — Potter Stewart
I work in waves, because I'm impatient. Because of a certain physicality, of lack of breath from standing. It has to be done and I… — Cy Twombly
It only takes five people in black robes to determine such crucial issues for our country as abortion, pornography, same-sex 'marriage,' and religious liberties. — Richard Land
I am one of those who do not believe that a national debt is a national blessing, but rather a curse to a republic; inasmuch… — Andrew Jackson
A private central bank issuing the public currency is a greater menace to the liberties of the people than a standing army. We must not… — Thomas Jefferson
Americans are tired of the games and the lies of today's media. They want the truth. Imagine this. No censors, no barricades, no statists. We… — Ron Paul
When you couple this militarization of law enforcement with an erosion of civil liberties and due process that allows the police to become judge and… — Rand Paul
You are not to inquire how your trade may be increased, nor how you are to become a great and powerful people, but how your… — Patrick Henry
It [the Constitution] didn't break free from the essential constraints that were placed by the founding fathers in the Constitution, at least as it's been… — Barack Obama
Terrorism has replaced Communism as the rationale for the militarization of the country [America], for military adventures abroad, and for the suppression of civil liberties… — Howard Zinn
The sad reality is that all the well-meaning groups and individuals who challenge our permanent war economy and the doctrine of preemptive war, who care… — Chris Hedges
Laws are the very bulkwarks of liberty; they define every man's rights, and defend the individual liberties of all men. — J. G. Holland
The civil jury is the most effective form of sovereignty of the people. It defies the aggressions of time and man. During the reigns of… — Alexis de Tocqueville
Whenever Hollywood gets involved with real life events, certain liberties have to be taken. — Greg Kinnear
Hey, this is Europe. We took it from nobody; we won it from the bare soil that the ice left. The bones of our ancestors,… — Ken MacLeod

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