Accepting Quote by Joseph Sobran

The atmosphere of fear and security manipulated by the government has converted American citizens into terrorist suspects who are all subject to arbitrary and…

— Richard A. Falk

When the people fear a government, they're a tyranny. When a government fears the people, there is liberty.

— John Basil Barnhill

The very idea of freedom incites fear in the hearts of terrorists across the world.

— Elizabeth Dole

“When politicians today invoke terrorism they are speaking, of course, of an actual danger. But when they try to train us to surrender freedom…

— Timothy Snyder

the ultimate aim of government is not to rule, or restrain by fear, nor to exact obedience, but to free every man from fear…

— Baruch Spinoza

There is no inverse relationship between freedom and security. Less of one does not lead to more of the other. People with no rights…

— Molly Ivins

Terror is only justice: prompt, severe and inflexible; it is then an emanation of virtue; it is less a distinct principle than a natural…

— Maximilien Robespierre

A people may prefer a free government, but if by momentary discouragement or temporary panic, or a fit of enthusiasm for an individual, they…

— John Stuart Mill

Government is, and always has been, the greatest criminal threat to the peaceful members of society.

— Richard Ebeling

The paranoid fear of government is an extremist position, and every one of us ought to say that

— Patricia Schroeder

Times of tragedy and war naturally bring out strong emotions... Sometimes people are only too anxious to sacrifice their constitutional liberties during a crisis,…

— Ron Paul

We believe that government in Britain is there to protect people from terrorism and from the worst criminality, but never at the expense of…

— Charles Kennedy