Beto O'Rourke Quotes

Liberty and security are often in direct confrontation and must be balanced in a way that protects us without destroying what is worth protecting.

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

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.

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

Security is no replacement for liberty.

Shop for security over happiness and we buy it at that price.

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

We have less civil liberties than we had on 9/ 1 1 in some significant ways. But we are also, I believe, less safe as a result in many instances of the sacrifice in human rights, civil liberties, and the rule of law that (the Bush) administration has adopted.

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.

Through danger safety comes - through trouble rest.

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

The balance between freedom and security is a delicate one.

You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having both at once.

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.

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.

No one ever confides a secret to one person only. No one destroys all copies of a document.

To keep oneself safe does not mean to bury oneself.

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

If you live with death threats, you need friends. So you have to risk that they might spy on you.

We continue to be vigilant.

Courage is what preserves our liberty, safety, life, and our homes and parents, our country and children. Courage comprises all things.

I don't know if I'd want to be a Secret Service agent. In the movies, it's exciting and romantic and all that. Really, most of their job is standing in a hallway for 12 hours making sure somebody doesn't come through a doorway off of a stairwell.

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.

Most people want security in this world, not liberty.