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The beauty of our country is that when it was founded that they took some time to lay out civil liberties in the first 10 Amendments - the Bill of Rights. I'm a firm believer in those civil liberties and the ability to have your own opinion.

~Aaron Rodgers

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With the death of bin Laden, it's finally time for Congress to bring back the pre-9-11 legal norm, before we decided it was okay to toss out our civil liberties if the 'bad guys' were scary enough.

~Aaron Swartz

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We must erase bin Laden's ugly legacy, not extend it: by ending the Patriot Act's erosion of our civil liberties, we can protect the freedoms that make America worth fighting for.

~Aaron Swartz

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We will not let terrorists change our way of life; we will not live in fear; and we will not undermine the civil liberties that characterize our Democracy.

~Adam Schiff

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You do the best you can, looking at precedent, in trying to anticipate where the Supreme Court is going to draw the balance between the protection of civil liberties and protecting the national security, and in some cases, we guessed wrong.

~Alberto Gonzales

Topics: Anticipate Balance Best Between Cases Civil Civil Liberties Court Draw Going Liberties Looking National National Security Precedent Protecting Protection Security Some Supreme Supreme Court Trying Where Wrong You

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Liberals are stalwart defenders of civil liberties - provided we're only talking about criminals.

~Ann Coulter

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If you don't believe this election is important, if you think you can sit it out, take a moment to think about the Supreme Court justices that Donald Trump would nominate and what that would mean to civil liberties, equal rights, and the future of our country.

~Bernie Sanders

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

~Betty Hill

Topics: American Board Civil Civil Liberties Directors Liberties State Union

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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

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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

Topics: Affect Affects American Civil Civil Liberties Foreigners Having Just Liberties Need Significance Terrorists Understand Us

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