Civil liberties Quote by William J. Brennan

“After each perceived security crisis ended, the United States has remorsefully realized that the abrogation of civil liberties was unnecessary. But it has proven…

— Anonymous

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

The Patriot Act removed major legal barriers that prevented the law enforcement, intelligence, and national defense communities from talking and coordinating their work to…

— Jon Porter

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

— Ehud Barak

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

“Most white Americans were willing to sacrifice civil liberties in the name of national security as long as they were the civil liberties of…

— Neil Nakadate

Americans need to understand the significance of having their civil liberties dismantled. It doesn't just affect terrorists and foreigners, it affects us all.

— Bianca Jagger

There is no doubt that constitutional freedoms will never be abolished in one fell swoop, for the American people cherish their freedoms, and would…

— Robert Byrd

That's when civil liberty suffers - when we think special times justify the diminution of civil liberties. And I'm not going to accept that.

— Alan Dershowitz

It's the reason the United States fell into the Patriot Act - because they were reacting.

— Trevor Noah

Those who would give up their civil liberties for security deserve neither.

— Larry Flynt

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