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We wouldn't have to take your rights away if you'd just stop exercising them. — Carl-John X. Veraja

I believe that all forms of socialism have been proven over time to result in a loss of both economic and civil liberties, with increasing poverty. — John Mackey

Obama behaves like a centrist who leans tentatively left on certain social programs but boldly right on military force and civil liberties. — David K. Shipler

Christians should be among those who speak loudest in defense of civil liberties and the protection of the weak. — Max Anders

One of the most clearly marked trends for over twenty years has been the decline in civil liberties. — Charles A. Reich

As for civil liberties, any one who is not vigilant may one day find himself living, if not in a police state, at least in a police city. — Gore Vidal

Let me be clear: There is no stronger advocate for civil liberties in the Senate than myself. — Saxby Chambliss

Terrorism is escalating to the point that Americans soon may have to choose between civil liberties and more intrusive means of protection. — William S. Cohen

We must continue to be diligent in protecting Americans' civil liberties while preserving critical law enforcement tools we need to keep America safe. — Debbie Stabenow

Funny, for all surveillance, Osama bin Laden is still free-and we're not. Guess who's winning the war on terror? — Cory Doctorow

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

We've built a society that values civil liberties even at the expense of social order. — Charles Wheelan

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

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

Since I became chairman, I've tried to turn EFF into civil liberties and responsibilities. — Esther Dyson

The liberty of speaking and writing guards our other liberties. — Thomas Jefferson

National security is the first duty of government but we are also committed to reversing the substantial erosion of civil liberties. — Theresa May

I urge calm and sensitivity to the fundamental civil liberties of our country. — Larry Craig

I chose America as my home because I value freedom and democracy, civil liberties and an open society. — George Soros

I am ... a realist. The magnitude of what one terms license or civil liberties or personal freedom has got to be adjusted to the circumstances. — Lee Kuan Yew

We cannot simply suspend or restrict civil liberties until the War on Terror is over, because the War on Terror is unlikely ever to be truly over. — Gerald Bard Tjoflat

Liberty is always unfinished business. — American Civil Liberties Union

The white man's happiness cannot be purchased by the black man's misery. — Frederick Douglass

I was on the state board of directors of the American Civil Liberties Union. — Betty Hill

How can you be conservative and justify wiretapping people without a warrant? We're supposed to be the party of personal freedom and civil liberties. — Roger Stone

All Socialism is Democratic Socialism. Socialist nations take away civil liberties by referendum. — A.E. Samaan

I trust the federal government not to trample on civil liberties. — Tucker Carlson

American high schools have physically imprisoned young people, stripped them of civil liberties and fed them a diet of p.c. pap. — Camille Paglia

Liberals are stalwart defenders of civil liberties - provided we're only talking about criminals. — Ann Coulter

The American Civil Liberties Union, has helped neutralize the Judeo-Christian underpinnings of our legal system by seeking new legal precedents. — Bill Bright

I believe in civil liberties for homosexuals. I guess I'd have to say I'd draw the line at letting them teach in the schools. — Jack Kemp

A people who extend civil liberties only to preferred groups start down the path either to dictatorship of the right or the left. — William O. Douglas

Reading is the true foundation of our civil liberties. — Patricia O'Hara

For me, it was definitely an education in being grateful. And appreciating the civil liberties we have today, the natural liberties we have at home. — Aldis Hodge

Our mandate is to be a nation of laws. And the Supreme Court is the place where we look to safeguard our civil rights and our individual liberties. — Frank Lautenberg

Now that Bin Laden dead, can we get our civil liberties back?
That George Bush stole with the Patriot Act? — Ras Kass

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

When you're in this type of conflict, when you're at war, civil liberties are treated differently. — Trent Lott

In the defense of civil liberties there can be no exceptions, or there will soon be many. — A.J. Muste

The suppression of civil liberties is too many less a matter for horror than the curtailment of the freedom to profit. — Marya Mannes

America stands strongest in challenging terrorism when we do not give up an inch of our civil liberties. — Dennis Kucinich

It is the civil jury that really saved the liberties of England. — Alexis De Tocqueville

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

The government should always be the one defending civil liberties. — Tim Cook