Charles B. Rangel Quotes

We cannot sacrifice our humanity in the name of security - or we risk losing both.

The balance between freedom and security is a delicate one.

The desire for security must be balanced with our regard for liberty.

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.

I really believe that we don't have to make a trade-off between security and privacy. I think technology gives us the ability to have both.

In the area of national security, I urge the swift passage of an anti-terrorism law that will protect rather than subvert, enhance rather than weaken, the rights and liberties that terrorism precisely threatens with extinction.

I don't want security guards. I don't think security guards are particularly good for your writing.

Only freedom can make security secure.

Security is no replacement for liberty.

There used to be technological limitations … that provided a measure of privacy for Americans. Now with essentially no technological limitations—the technology can practically do anything—the only way to strike the appropriate balance between liberty and security is to embed that balance in the law.

Security and liberty are not mutually exclusive. We can have both

In a democracy there will always be a tension between security and privacy.

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

Liberty requires security without intrusion, security plus privacy.

There is no inverse relationship between freedom and security. Less of one does not lead to more of the other. People with no rights are not safe from terrorist attack.

To be safe at the expense of the liberty of other people is a difficult equation.

I particularly recognize that reasonable people can disagree as to what that proper balance or blend is between privacy and security and safety.

We are living in a world where everything is based on security.

Our constitutional liberties shall not be sacrificed in our search for greater security, for that is what our enemies and all enemies of freedom and democracy hope to achieve.

The precondition to freedom is security.

The people of the FBI are sworn to protect both security and liberty. It isn't a question of conflict. We must care deeply about protecting liberty through due process of law, while also safeguarding the citizens we serve - in every investigation.

We are on the lookout for criminal and terrorist activity but we do not - nor will we ever - monitor ideology or political beliefs. We take seriously our responsibility to protect the civil rights and liberties of the American people, including subjecting our activities to rigorous oversight from numerous internal and external sources.

I am a common man. Why do I need security?

It gives me pleasure to find that public liberty is effectually secured in each and all the policies of the United States, though somewhat differently modeled.