Again Quote by Russ Feingold

The government has granted itself power it is not entitled to. There is no public oversight. The result is people like myself have the…

— Edward Snowden

Without the ability to talk about government power, there's no way for citizens to make sure this power isn't being misused.

— Aaron Swartz

My opinion is, that power should always be distrusted, in whatever hands it is placed.

— William Jones

We need to give them [the Justice Department] as much power as we can without eroding fundamental liberties.

— Jeff Sessions

I'm just not sure I trust the federal government not to trample on civil liberties.

— Tucker Carlson

We're going to protect and honor the Constitution, and I don't have the authority to set it aside… If I had the authority to…

— John Ashcroft

No government can be trusted, that does not trust its own people with military-style arms of greater weight and power than those possessed by…

— Vin Suprynowicz

The power granted the Attorney General to intervene in all equal-protection-of-the-law cases is extremely broad and dangerous. Choices made by the Attorney General could…

— John Sparkman

Government has within it a tendency to abuse its powers.

— John C. Calhoun

No government power can be abused long. Mankind will not bear it.

— Samuel Johnson

All power is a trust, that we are accountable for its exercise.

— Benjamin Disraeli

The property of power is to protect.

— Blaise Pascal