Anthony Eden Quotes

I have a personal belief that you never have to give up liberty for security. You can still provide security without sacrificing our Bill of Rights.

The issue of wiretapping raises the issue of the balance between human liberty and the requirements of national security. I would say that the weight should be on the side of human liberty and that if human liberty is ever to be infringed, the demonstration on the national security side must be overwhelming.

We all want security …. But we don’t need to simplify the debate to such an extent that we simply say we have to give up our liberties.

The sacrifice of our personal liberty for security is and will forever be a false choice.

Benjamin Franklin once said, 'A people who would trade liberty for security deserve neither.' I think we can have both. We can keep our liberties. We can have our security.

Security without freedom means slavery.

Americans need to understand the significance of having their civil liberties dismantled. It doesn't just affect terrorists and foreigners, it affects us all.

Privacy isn't negotiable. It's the right of every American.

I certainly respect privacy and privacy rights. But on the other hand, the first function of government is to guarantee the security of all the people.

Prohibition is a deathblow to the liberty of the individual …

We give up our liberties too casually [in emergencies and crises]

Since 9/11, our government has treated the Bill of Rights with about as much reverence as a “Keep Off the Grass” sign.

I can’t allow the U. S. Government to destroy privacy and basic liberties.

I’d rather risk being a terrorists victim than live under a surveillance state.

We do need to think about how we have security - everyone has a right to that - but we also need to think about how we maintain civil rights and personal freedom.

Those who would give up their civil liberties for security deserve neither.

Liberty comes only after security.

You cannot barter security for freedom, or freedom for security.

Liberty requires security without intrusion, security plus privacy.

The lesson that Americans today have forgotten or never learned - the lesson which our ancestors tried so hard to teach - is that the greatest threat to our lives, liberty, property, and security is not some foreign government, as our rulers so often tell us. The greatest threat to our freedom and well-being lies with our own government!.

When we think in the context of the last decade's infringements upon personal liberty and the last year's revelations, it's not about surveillance. It's about liberty.

I strongly believe that we as a nation can be both secure and free.

The Constitution gives every American the inalienable right to make a damn fool of himself.

We cannot afford to walk down that dangerous path of government overstepping its boundaries into the most personal parts of our lives.

The last thing the Department of Homeland Security is about is infringing on anybody's constitutionally protected rights.