Civic responsibility Quote by Henry Giroux

Every one knows that the exercise of military power is forever dangerous to civil rights; and we have had recent instances of violences that…

— Samuel Adams

Threats to freedom of speech, writing and action, though often trivial in isolation, are cumulative in their effect and, unless checked, lead to a…

— George Orwell

There is a need to accept a limited disruption of civil liberties in order to penetrate terror.

— Ehud Barak

When people access the use of force for the threat of violence they have, by definition, a new political power. An unwanted political power.

— Cody Wilson

Repression will provoke rebellion.

— Hugh Williamson

Arming domestic police forces with paramilitary weaponry will ensure their systematic use even in the absence of a terrorist attack on US soil; they…

— Glenn Greenwald

We cannot be secure by limiting our liberties, as some of our political leaders are demanding, but only by expanding themWe should take our…

— Howard Zinn

“our federal government has repeatedly demonstrated that it will not hesitate to use its tactical ‘police’ forces to murder its opponents. Although the government…

— Joseph Befumo

I will not abridge my freedoms so as not to offend savages, freedom of speech is under violent assault here.

— Pamela Geller

We must not descend to the level of those who perpetrated Tuesday's violence by targeting individuals based on their race, their religion, or their…

— John Ashcroft

It's never a good thing to see a government agency talk in secret about the need to 'control protestors' - especially when that agency…

— Michael Hastings

There's no substitute for taking a clear-eyed look at the threats we'll face and asking how our force will adapt to meet those threats.

— Joseph Dunford