Civil liberties Quote by Mike Johnson

Even though some in our government may claim that civil liberties must be compromised in order to protect the public, we must be wary…

— Lucille Roybal-Allard

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

— Ehud Barak

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

It is easy to make light of insistence on scrupulous regard for the safeguards of civil liberties when invoked on behalf of the unworthy.…

— Felix Frankfurter

Liberties are not given, they are taken.

— Aldous Huxley

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

Most liberals think of civil liberties as their Achilles heel. It isn't.

— Joe Biden

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

Presidents who restrict civil liberties, even in wartime, are usually judged harshly for it.

— David Greenberg

It must never be forgotten...that the liberties of the people are not so safe under the gracious manner of government as by the limitation…

— Richard Henry Lee

It is crucial that civil liberties in this country be preserved, otherwise the terrorists will win the battle against American values without firing another…

— Russ Feingold

It is easy to make light of insistence on scrupulous regard for the safeguards of civil liberties when invoked on behalf of the unworthy.…

— Felix Frankfurter