#liberties

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 that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#banking #believe #dangerous #i #i believe

Whenever Hollywood gets involved with real life events, certain liberties have to be taken. ↗

— Greg Kinnear

#events #gets #hollywood #involved #liberties

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

Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties. ↗

— John Milton

#according #argue #conscience #freely #give

The state does not oppose the freedom of people to express their particular cultural attachments, but nor does it nurture such expression—rather [...] it responds with 'benign neglect' [....] The members of ethnic and national groups are protected against discrimination and prejudice, and they are free to maintain whatever part of their ethnic heritage or identity they wish, consistent with the rights of others. But their efforts are purely private, and it is not the place of public agencies to attach legal identities or disabilities to cultural membership or ethnic identity. This separation of state and ethnicity precludes any legal or governmental recognition of ethnic groups, or any use of ethnic criteria in the distribution of rights, resources, and duties. ↗

— Will Kymlicka

#discrimination #ethnicity #individuals #liberalism #liberties

I want my candidacy for the presidency of the United States to stand for a moment when we the people, stand once again for the independence from a government that has gotten too big and spends too much and has taken away too much of our liberties. ↗

— Michele Bachmann

#away #big #candidacy #gotten #government

So the question is, First, Whether the civil magistrate hath power to force men in things religious to do contrary to their conscience, and if they will not to punish them in their goods, liberties, or lives? this we hold in the negative. ↗

— Robert Barclay

#conscience #contrary #first #force #goods

It doesn't matter what color, sex, religion, age, sexual orientation, etc., everyone should have the same freedoms and liberties. ↗

— Lance Bass

#color #etc #everyone #freedoms #liberties

You can only protect your liberties in this world by protecting the other man's freedom. ↗

— Clarence Darrow

#liberties #man #only #other #protect