Against Quote by Donald Tusk

So long as we need to control other people, however benign our motives, we are captive to that need. In giving them freedom, we…

— Marilyn Ferguson

Contrary to what certain governments say, human rights are universal. Arbitrary detention, torture and discrimination hurt the human dignity of anybody, whatever his or…

— Shirin Ebadi

Our system is not only based on rules, but a series of self-restraints that we won't be as barbaric as we could be in…

— David Brooks

The latest rule is: you cannot have protectionism - otherwise you will get a world war. Other rules say you cannot have collective ideas…

— Adam Curtis

Torture goes against the very soul of our country. We are a democracy, established on the rule of law.

— Dianne Feinstein

It is a universal and fundamental political principle that the power to protect can safely be confided only to those interested in protecting, or…

— John C. Calhoun

If our lives are endangered by plots or violence or armed robbers or enemies, any and every method of protecting ourselves is morally right.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

That is the difference we make in the world. And our own safety - our own security - depends upon our willingness to do…

— Barack Obama

We should not be comfortable or content in a society where the only way to remain free of surveillance and repression is if we…

— Glenn Greenwald

Torture fails to make us safe, but it certainly makes us less free.

— Jerrold Nadler

We have laws against torture. The Constitution says nothing whatever about torture. It speaks of punishment; 'cruel and unusual' punishments are forbidden.

— Antonin Scalia

I think we're never fully protected, but I think we need to do everything we can to stop threats to us.

— Rand Paul