Civil liberties Quote by Historica Press

“A general rule of thumb (some call it the 'FBI Rule') is in a typical encounter 3 SHOTS are fired, in 3 SECONDS, at…

— Col Ben Findley

It is no response to assert that the Patriot Act has been useful; what you need to explain is how any particular safeguard would…

— Julian Sanchez

“Fugitive Peace (Sonnet 2219) In the opera of war, peace is fugitive - thinking soldiers are no good to state, either you kill without…

— Abhijit Naskar

I think when people talk about civil liberties, they sometimes forget that action taken to protect the citizen against physical violence and physical attack…

— John Howard

I have very real concerns about the civil liberties implications of ultimately requiring every resident to submit themselves for compulsory fingerprinting or some other…

— Patricia Hewitt

George W. Bush and his administration embarked on a full-scale assault on civil liberties, human rights and the rule of law, walking away from…

— Bianca Jagger

I was on the state board of directors of the American Civil Liberties Union.

— Betty Hill

Critics have stepped up their attacks on the President for authorizing the National Security Agency to listen to international communications of known al Qaeda…

— Scott McClellan

“It's almost hard to imagine anything more undemocratic than the view that political officials should not debate American wars in public, but only express…

— Glenn Greenwald

For the hundreds of thousands of Californians in gay and lesbian households who are managing their day-to-day lives, this decision affirms the full legal…

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

Since I became chairman, I've tried to turn EFF into civil liberties and responsibilities.

— Esther Dyson

It is aspiring tyrants who say that 'civil liberties end when an attack on our safety begins.' Conversely, leaders who wish to preserve the…

— Timothy D. Snyder

As long as I have any choice in the matter, I shall live only in a country where civil liberty, tolerance and equality of…

— Albert Einstein

Using a broad brushstroke, I think Libertarian - most of America are socially accepting and fiscally responsible. I'm in that category. I think, broadly…

— Gary Johnson

I can say across Europe that many principles that have been taken for granted here around free speech, and around civil liberties and an…

— Barack Obama