Act Quote by Xavier Becerra

But 18 years after the passage of the Civil Liberties Act, there still remains unfinished work to completely rectify and close this regrettable chapter…

— Xavier Becerra

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

— William J. Brennan

For far too long the American public and business sector have kept their silence as civil liberties have been whittled away by statutory and…

— Bob Barr

We cannot simply suspend or restrict civil liberties until the War on Terror is over, because the War on Terror is unlikely ever to…

— Gerald Bard Tjoflat

Our nation's history cannot be undone. And we should not try to rewrite it either.

— Nancy Mace

“...the cycle of reprisal and counter reprisal that had characterized their national history had to be broken and that the only way to do…

— Desmond Tutu

The U.S. Constitution has absorbed the end of slavery, the Civil War, Civil Rights and Watergate.

— Gavin Esler

We have waited for more than three hundred and forty years for our constitutional and God-given rights.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

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

Don´t be unnecessarily burdened by the past. Go on closing the chapters that you have read; there is no need to go back again…

— Rajneesh

Civil liberties victories never stay won, but must be fought for over and over again.

— Ira Glasser

What we still haven't done is really learned and embraced our history. When we do that, we'll no longer be doubtful and fearful that…

— Susan L. Taylor