Civil Liberties

Well, take the evolution

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

Since I became chairman,

Since I became chairman, I’ve tried to turn EFF into civil liberties and responsibilities. Esther Dyson

All of us in this country give lip service to the ideals set forth in the Bill of Rights and emphasized by every additional amendment, and yet when war is stirring in the world, many of us are ready to curtail our civil liberties. We do not stop to think that curtailing these liberties may … Read more

People at civil-liberties organizations

People at civil-liberties organizations say it’s a sea change, and that it’s very clear judges have begun to question more critically assertions made by the executive. Even though it seems so obvious now, it is extraordinary in the context of the last decade, because courts had simply said they were not the best branch to … Read more

Technology provides us means

Technology provides us means outside of governments to begin enforcing our rights, enforcing protection of civil liberties, regardless of law, through the implementation of systems and standards. Edward Snowden

I read these polls

I read these polls because civil-liberties organizations tell me I need to be aware of public opinion. Edward Snowden

Civil liberties are a

Civil liberties are a great heritage for Americans. They are not rights that the government gives to the people, they are the rights that the people carved out for themselves when they created the government. Edward Bennett Williams

Politics and the pulpit

Politics and the pulpit are terms that have little agreement. No sound ought to be heard in the church but the healing voice of Christian charity. The cause of civil liberty and civil government gains as little as that of religion by this confusion of duties. Those who quit their proper character to assume what … Read more

Society cannot exist unless

Society cannot exist unless a controlling power upon will and appetite be placed somewhere, and the less of it there is within, the more there must be without. Edmund Burke

Men are qualified for

Men are qualified for civil liberty in exact proportion to their disposition to put moral chains upon their own appetites. Edmund Burke