Cards Quote by Paul Simon

I am absolutely opposed to a national ID card. This is a total contradiction of what a free society is all about. The purpose…

— Ron Paul

At various stages, ID cards have been necessary to protect us from terrorism, illegal immigration, and benefit fraud. But former home secretaries, academics and…

— Damian Green

Introducing ID cards isn't a matter of great national security importance.

— Chris Grayling

[A new all-encompassing national identification system] contradicts some of our most sacrosanct American principles of personal liberty and expectations of privacy and is far…

— Bill McCollum

ID can be hijacked, and cards can be faked. All of the 9/11 terrorists had fake IDs, yet they still got on the planes.…

— Bruce Schneier

The first duty of government is to ensure its citizens are protected, but ID cards could never have done that. They would have been…

— Damian Green

I have met virtually no one in the policing and security world who thinks ID cards are an essential part of what they need…

— Chris Grayling

We don't need a nation that has national identity cards.

— Malcolm Wallop

You talked about national identity cards and the terrorism bill. We have made a government that has grown used to viewing us as subjects,…

— Malcolm Wallop

The ID card was launched with fantastic claims about supposed benefits. In truth, it represented the worst of government.

— Damian Green

As leader of the Conservative Party, I will push back on the use of Digital IDs both nationally and internationally.

— Leslyn Lewis

I worry that the Senate is working to consider a series of little-noticed provisions in comprehensive immigration reform that may provide a pathway to…

— Rand Paul