Civil Liberties Quotes - Page 9

• We must educate ourselves and others about our precious civil liberties to ensure that we never accept demands that we give up our Constitution so that the government can pretend to protect us.

  Ron Paul

  Giving Up, Government, Liberty

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• Any court which undertakes by its legal processes to enforce civil liberties needs the support of an enlightened and vigorous public opinion which will be intelligent and discriminating as to what cases really are civil liberties cases and what questions really are involved in those cases.

  Robert H. Jackson

  Intelligent, Support, Liberty

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• This [anti-terrorism bill] is a violation of the First Amendment right to free speech and the Fourth Amendment protection of private property... Some of these provisions place more power in the hands of law enforcement than our Founding Fathers could have dreamt and severely compromises the civil liberties of law-abiding Americans. This bill, while crafted with good intentions, is rife with constitutional infringements I could not support.

  Butch Otter

  Father, Hands, Law

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

  Ras Kass

  Rap, Hip Hop, Liberty

  FaceBook post by Ras Kass from May 03, 2011

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• Critics of the global warming agenda are motivated... by a love of freedom and civil liberties. They want a discussion based on logic and facts that will address any problems without depriving us of liberty and personal choice. They do not want to sacrifice our way of life based on fears of an unproven theory. After all, the loss of liberty is a greater cause of alarm than global warming.

  Deneen Borelli

  Loss, Sacrifice, Choices

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• One of our greatest challenges here in America is that pogressives don't always stand with the progressive Muslims because in the interest of freedom of religion and civil liberties and political correctness, they don't want to offend cultural choices by Muslims. I know that people have gone to these interfaith sessions at different mosques and they see that the women end up in the basement, but they don't want to challenge anyone because they think, "Oh, well this is your way".

  Asra Nomani

  Thinking, People, Choices

  "Mohammed was a Feminist". Interview With April Dembosky, www.motherjones.com. December 19, 2005.

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

  William J. Brennan

  Political, Liberty, United States

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• The Libertarians, of whom I'm rather fond, are running Harry Browne. Libertarians are, just as they claim, principled and consistent - they believe in individual liberty. Commendable as they are, and despite their reliability as allies in civil liberties struggles, you may notice that Libertarians sometimes prove that a foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, and that there is a difference between logic and wisdom.

  Molly Ivins

  Running, Believe, Struggle

  Fort Worth Star-Telegram, September 7, 1996.

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• There is not a truth to be gathered from history more certain, or more momentous, than this: that civil liberty cannot long be separated from religious liberty without danger, and ultimately without destruction to both. Wherever religious liberty exists, it will, first or last, bring in and establish political liberty.

  Joseph Story

  Religious, Truth, Long

  Joseph Story (1852). “The miscellaneous writings of Joseph Story ... ed. by his son, William W. Story”, p.441

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• 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

  Party, People, Liberty

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• But 18 years after the passage of the Civil Liberties Act, there still remains unfinished work to completely rectify and close this regrettable chapter in our Nations history.

  Xavier Becerra

  Hippie, Unfinished Work, Years

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• I look forward to exercising my American civil liberties and getting fully, completely and legally married this year to my true love of over three years, Linda Wallem.

  Melissa Etheridge

  Exercise, Years, Liberty

  "Supreme Court's Gay Marriage Decisions: Hollywood Reacts". www.hollywoodreporter.com. June 26, 2013.

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• For some reason, I seem to be bothered whenever I see acts of injustice and assaults on people's civil liberties. I imagine what I write in the future will follow in that vein. Whether it's fiction or non-fiction.

  Iris Chang

  Writing, People, Liberty

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• And when the time is right, I hope that African Americans will again look to the party of emancipation, civil liberty, and individual freedom.

  Rand Paul

  Party, African American, Liberty

  "Sen. Rand Paul's Speech at Howard University". www.realclearpolitics.com. April 10, 2013.

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• Our current draconian laws prohibiting the use of marijuana by responsible adults are doubly flawed. Not only does such prohibition violate fundamental freedoms but also. . . it undermines personal health and public safety. Regardless of your views on the civil liberties issues. . .another compelling justification for marijuana law reform: that it will promote health and safety for all of us, including our nation's children.

  Nadine Strossen

  Children, Marijuana, Law

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• I am absolutely comfortable with the fact that men marrying men, women marrying women, and heterosexual men and women marrying another are entitled to the same exact rights, all the civil rights, all the civil liberties. And quite frankly, I don't see much of a distinction beyond that.

  Joe Biden

  Men, Rights, Liberty

  "Biden breaks down stance on same-sex marriage". "Meet the Press" with David Gregory, www.nbcnews.com. May 06, 2012.

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• Terrorists in 6 weeks have been able to command 300 million North Americans to do away with the entirety of their civil liberties that took 700 years to advance from the Magna Carta onward. The terrorists have already won the political and ideological war with one terrorist act. It is mindboggling that we are that weak as a society.

  Rocco Galati

  War, Years, Political

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