#liberties

As for the Pope, I am too old to be frightened by his shadow, and am quite sure his shadow or Substance will do less harm to the liberties of my country than will a party, who seek to acquire political power by exciting religious bigotry in the minds of their duped followers. ↗

— Ezra Cornell

#am #country #duped #exciting #followers

For now more than ever, we must keep in the forefront of our minds the fact that whenever we take away the liberties of those we hate, we are opening the way to loss of liberty for those we love. ↗

— Wendell Willkie

#ever #fact #forefront #hate #keep

In addition, as citizens, we must fight in their incipient stages all movements by government or party or pressure groups that seek to limit the legitimate liberties of any of our fellow citizens. ↗

— Wendell Willkie

#any #citizens #fellow #fellow citizens #fight

I was on the state board of directors of the American Civil Liberties Union. ↗

— Betty Hill

#board #civil #civil liberties #directors #i

The Framers of the Bill of Rights did not purport to "create" rights. Rather, they designed the Bill of Rights to prohibit our Government from infringing rights and liberties presumed to be preexisting. ↗

— William J. Brennan, Jr.

#bill of rights #create #designed #did #framers

There is nothing with which it is so dangerous to take liberties as liberty itself. ↗

— Andre Breton

#itself #liberties #liberty #nothing #take

It was the separation of powers upon which the framers placed their hopes for the preservation of the people's liberties. Despite this heritage, the congress has been in too many cases more than willing to walk away from its constitutional powers. ↗

— Robert Byrd

#been #cases #congress #constitutional #despite

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

— Esther Dyson

#chairman #civil #civil liberties #i #into

Well, take the evolution of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. It began as hackers' rights. Then it became general civil liberties of everybody - government stay away. ↗

— Esther Dyson

#became #began #civil #civil liberties #electronic

I'm so proud of my Chinese ancestry, but I was born and raised in America, and I really believe in American values, our American system, our freedom, our liberties. ↗

— Gary Locke

#american #american values #ancestry #believe #born