"Free speech rights means that government officials are……" — Glenn Greenwald
"Free speech rights means that government officials are barred from creating lists of approved and disapproved political ideas and then using the power of the state to enforce those preferences."
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82 Quotes by Glenn Greenwald
Glenn Greenwald has 82 quotes on this site.
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Secrecy is the linchpin of abuse of power, . . . its enabling force. Transparency is the only real antidote.
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History shows that the mere existence of a mass surveillance apparatus, regardless of how it is used, is in itself…
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The fact that war is the word we use for almost everything—on terrorism, drugs, even poverty—has certainly helped to desensitize…
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The way things are supposed to work is that we're supposed to know virtually everything about what they [the government]…
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Incestuous, homogeneous fiefdoms of self-proclaimed expertise are always rank-closing and mutually self-defending, above all else.
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It's common to go from 'crashing the gate' to guarding it.
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He's the President—it's the responsibility of every citizen to criticize aggressively when they think it's warranted.
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When journalists are 'accused' of being 'advocates', that means: challenging and deviating from DC orthodoxies.
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A president who is burdened with a failed and unpopular war, and who has lost the trust of the country,…
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Fearlessness can be its own form of power.
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For those suggesting criticisms of drone kills should wait until the election: that'd be reasonable if he stops killing until…
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I'd like to vote for the candidate similar to the one the Right absurdly claims Obama is.
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More Approved Quotes
This quote is filed under Approved Quotes,
one of 186 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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As I'm sure you may know, I'm planning to become a spaceflight participant and have been recently approved to begin…
— Sarah Brightman
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If all the world hated you, and believed you wicked, while your own conscience approved you, and absolved you from…
— Charlotte Bronte
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If I am fool, it is, at least, a doubting one; and I envy no one the certainty of his…
— Lord Byron
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In testimony of their Respect For The Patriot of incorruptible Integrity, The Soldier of approved Valour The Statesman of consummate…
— Alexander Hamilton
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There is an illusion of central position, justifying one's own purposes as right and everybody else¹s as wrong, and providing…
— Henri Frederic Amiel
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I do not have regrets. I believe I helped preserve the peace for this country. Why should I regret that?…
— Hyman Rickover
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Shortly after the birth control pill was approved for public distribution, one woman wrote to John Rock, its inventor, "You…
— Malcolm Gladwell
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That friendship may be at once fond and lasting, there must not only be equal virtue on each part, but…
— Samuel Johnson
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There is nothing that can bring you closer to fearlessness about everything else in the world than being a parent…
— Arianna Huffington
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Righteous ends, thus approved, absolve of guilt the most violent means.
— Henri Frederic Amiel
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Failure is not the opposite to success, it's a stepping stone to success. If our primary goal is to be…
— Arianna Huffington
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Would you like Fox's right to free press put up to a vote and say: "Well, if five states have…
— Ted Olson
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