Harry Browne Quotes

It's important to every American that the law protect his or her basic liberty.

The Bill of Rights

Americans take justifiable pride in the freedoms given to them by nature or God and enshrined in the Constitution's Bill of Rights.

I do not like... the omission of a bill of rights providing clearly and without the aid of sophisms for freedom of religion, freedom of the press, protection against standing armies, restriction against monopolies, the eternal and unremitting force of the habeas corpus laws, and trials by jury in all matters of fact triable by the laws of the land …. A bill of rights is what the people are entitled to against every government on earth, general or particular; and what no just government should refuse, or rest on inferences

Can you tell me what's more unconstitutional than taking away from the people of America their Fifth Amendment rights, their Fourteenth Amendment rights, and the right to equal protection under the law?

I'm an American. I have constitutional rights.

The First Amendment means everything to me.

I'm tired of being considered some kind of criminal or dangerous throwback for no other reason than that I value, exercise, and defend my rights under the first ten Amendments to the United States Constitution.

The First Amendment is very important, but it's not everything.

Americans chose a limited government that exists to protect our rights, not to grant them.

I think Col. North is first a U.S. citizen and he has the same rights as you yourself do, sir.

People have rights and government must be kept from trampling on them.

In a Constitution for a free people, there can be no doubt that the meaning of ‘liberty’ must be broad indeed.

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.

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.

I'm a believer in the Constitution and in the First Amendment. Not just for raising money but also for freedom of speech.

I believe in the First Amendment.

The American Civil Liberties Union has a reputation for serving as a 'guardian of liberty,' protecting our privacy and the First Amendment rights of speech, association and assembly.

The strength of this country lies in the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights and the freedom of speech and thought.

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

The First Amendment freedom of religion is as important today as when the Bill of Rights was first written.

Once you give up rights, they're not going to give them back.

Most liberals think of civil liberties as their Achilles heel. It isn't.

All too frequently, the knee jerk reaction to tragedies by the media and chattering class is to move to restrict our rights... Our founding documents make it clear that our inalienable rights come from God and that the job of the government is to ensure and protect those God-given rights.

Many Americans don't have an understanding of the freedoms they regularly enjoy.