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For far too long the American public and business sector have kept their silence as civil liberties have been whittled away by statutory and regulatory measures.

~Bob Barr

Topics: American American Public Away Been Business Civil Civil Liberties Far Kept Liberties Long Measures Public Regulatory Sector Silence Too

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The seemingly omnipresent storm clouds hanging over the Constitution often make it hard to find a silver lining. Every day, the front page of The Drudge Report is littered with stories of government assaults on our civil liberties - from local government officials all the way up to the Oval Office.

~Bob Barr

Topics: Civil Civil Liberties Clouds Constitution Day Every Every Day Find Front Front Page Government Government Officials Hanging Hard Liberties Lining Local Local Government Make Office Officials Often Our Oval Oval Office Over Page Report Seemingly Silver Stories Storm Up Way

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We believe that government in Britain is there to protect people from terrorism and from the worst criminality, but never at the expense of our civil liberties and the basic tenets of our legal system.

~Charles Kennedy

Topics: Basic Believe Britain Civil Civil Liberties Expense Government Legal Legal System Liberties Never Our People Protect System Terrorism Worst

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The U.S. intelligence community is in a very poor position to be trusted with protecting civil liberties while engaging in intelligence work.

~Chelsea Manning

Topics: Civil Civil Liberties Community Engaging Intelligence Intelligence Community Liberties Poor Position Protecting Trusted Very While Work

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Obama behaves like a centrist who leans tentatively left on certain social programs but boldly right on military force and civil liberties.

~David K. Shipler

Topics: Behaves Boldly Certain Civil Civil Liberties Force Left Liberties Like Military Military Force Obama Programs Right Social Who

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Eisenhower was less deferential to the military than he seemed likely to be, Kennedy was not at all beholden to the pope, George W. Bush was smarter than portrayed and Barack Obama has not led a charge from the left - least of all on behalf of the civil liberties that have eroded since September 11, 2001.

~David K. Shipler

Topics: Barack Barack Obama Behalf Beholden Bush Charge Civil Civil Liberties Eisenhower Eroded George George W George W. Bush He Kennedy Least Led Left Less Liberties Likely Military Obama Pope Portrayed Seemed September Since Smarter Than

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I believe that the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act must be reformed. We must improve the American public's confidence in, and perception of, our national security programs, by increasing transparency, strengthening oversight, and safeguarding civil liberties.

~Dutch Ruppersberger

Topics: Act American Believe Civil Civil Liberties Confidence Foreign Improve Increasing Intelligence Liberties Must National National Security Our Oversight Perception Programs Public Reformed Safeguarding Security Strengthening Surveillance Transparency I Believe I Believe That

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It's been vindicating to see the reaction from lawmakers, judges, public bodies around the world, civil liberties activists who have said it's true that we have a right to at least know the broad outlines of what our government's doing in our name and what it's doing against us.

~Edward Snowden

Topics: Activists Against Around Been Bodies Broad Civil Civil Liberties Doing Government Judges Know Lawmakers Least Liberties Name Our Outlines Public Reaction Right Said See True Us Who World

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There is a need to accept a limited disruption of civil liberties in order to penetrate terror.

~Ehud Barak

Topics: Accept Civil Civil Liberties Disruption Liberties Limited Need Order Penetrate Terror

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It troubled me that we had these reports of torture of detainees, we had people jailed at Guantanamo Bay who couldn't even talk to their lawyers and couldn't see the evidence against them - sort of fundamental bedrock civil liberties things.

~Erik Larson

Topics: Against Bay Bedrock Civil Civil Liberties Even Evidence Fundamental Guantanamo Had Lawyers Liberties Me People Reports See Sort Talk Them Things Torture Troubled Who

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