#bertie

The real destroyer of the liberties of the people is he who spreads among them bounties, donations and benefits. ↗

— Plutarch

#benefits #destroyer #donations #liberties #people

I think we recognize as Americans there are certain things that are just primary to the freedoms and liberties that we enjoy here and religious freedom is one of the most important things we as Americans cherish. ↗

— Ann Romney

#certain things #cherish #enjoy #freedom #freedoms

I finally had to go to the American Civil Liberties Union here in northern California to get my reply published to what I considered to be a hatchet job done by Stanley Crouch. ↗

— Ishmael Reed

#california #civil #civil liberties #considered #crouch

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

#affects #civil #civil liberties #dismantled #foreigners

George W. Bush and his administration embarked on a full-scale assault on civil liberties, human rights and the rule of law, walking away from his international obligations, tearing up international treaties, protocols and UN conventions. ↗

— Bianca Jagger

#assault #away #bush #civil #civil liberties

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

#civil #civil liberties #draw #guess #homosexuals

There are hard choices to be made in balancing the country's security and an individual's liberties. But it is a choice that has to be faced. ↗

— Charles Kennedy

#choice #choices #country #faced #hard

I would consider all of the legislation which I have supported meaningless if I were to sit idly by, silent, during a period which may go down in history as an era when we permitted the curtailment of our liberties. ↗

— Dennis Chavez

#curtailment #down #during #era #go

We can afford no liberties with liberty itself. ↗

— Robert Jackson

#itself #liberties #liberty