(77 quotes found)
“The result [Republicans winning the Senate] would be devastating for reproductive choice, the environment, civil liberties, Social Security and health care, as well as corporate accountability.”
Barbra Streisand
“Men are qualified for civil liberties in exact proportion to their disposition to put moral chains upon their appetites: in proportion as their love of justice is above their rapacity”
Edmund Burke
“America is committed to seeing civil liberties protected as a shield for freedom-loving people, not as a sword for freedom-loathing people.”
John Ashcroft
“Liberals are stalwart defenders of civil liberties - provided we're only talking about criminals.”
Ann Coulter
“Our basic civil liberties are in jeopardy, but we're going to be spending our time as a society arguing about whether or not schoolchildren should be forced to pay tribute to imaginary invisible beings who live in magical kingdoms in outer space some”
Tom Tomorrow
“We in New York chose effective law enforcement and disregarded the respect for civil rights and civil liberties. We chose the former over the latter. That was a colossal error in judgment.”
Norman Siegel
“The republican is the only form of government which is not eternally at open or secret war with the rights of mankind”
Thomas Jefferson
“The modified provisions will provide for the protection of civil liberties of United States citizens while permitting the federal government to continue investigating terrorists and protecting U.S. national security.”
Andy Fisher
“We are marching to defend our civil liberties which are under attack and to show our solidarity with the Muslim communities who are bearing the brunt of that attack.”
Andrew Murray
“[With help from the American Civil Liberties Union, they were acquitted after a highly publicized trial, and the judge's ruling established a legal standard for publishing controversial books of] redeeming social importance. ... presents a picture of a nightmare world.”
Allen Ginsberg
