Timothy D. Snyder Quotes

The government continues to erode our freedom.

However, we do not lack anti-terrorist laws. I do not believe that the recent London bombs were the result of any deficiencies in our legal system.

The Federal Government is exploiting public fear to redefine the relationship between the rulers and the American people.

The loss of liberty at home is to be charged to the provisions against danger, real or imagined, from abroad.

Our government has kept us in a perpetual state of fear - kept us in a continuous stampede of patriotic fervor - with the cry of grave national emergency.

I love America, but I've now got two young kids and America has changed so much since 9/11 and Bush. It's beyond Orwellian. The idea in '1984' that if you keep saying you're being attacked then you can get away with anything has come true.

Domestic terrorism has opened new war zones, operating off the assumption that all Americans are potential terrorists.

Terrorism is escalating to the point that Americans soon may have to choose between civil liberties and more intrusive means of protection.

If we get hit again, with a biological or chemical attack, we will become a much less liberal society.

We could have prevented the terrorist attack on the Boston Marathon if we had 20,000 troops shoulder to shoulder.

Stopping terror is clearly a pretext.

When listening to politicians, distinguish certain words. Look out for the expansive use of 'terrorism' and 'extremism.' Be alive to the fatal notions of 'exception' and 'emergency.' Be angry about the treacherous use of patriotic vocabulary.

If the war on terror is endless, you could forget about democracy.

Terrorism has replaced Communism as the rationale for the militarization of the country [America], for military adventures abroad, and for the suppression of civil liberties at home. It serves the same purpose, serving to create hysteria.

Should any terrorist strike or act of war occur in which American lives are lost, we must be on guard for any attempt by the government to turn that tragedy into justification for sweeping action.

Everywhere we look we see the encroaching shadow of the police state.

The fetters imposed on liberty at home have ever been forged out of the weapons provided for defense against real, pretended, or imaginary dangers from abroad.

It amazes me that some people who ordinarily can recognize autocratic bullying, tacky sloganeering, and - especially - camp value are unable to spot it in this Hate Scare that grips the Western world.

The most persistent threat to freedom, to the rights of Americans, is fear.

The trade-off between freedom and security, so often proposed so seductively, very often leads to the loss of both.

Terrorists can only take my life. Only my government can take my freedom.

The terrorists can kill the innocent, but they cannot stop the advance of freedom.

As soon as people drop the reins on government, government will leash the people.

Some countries such as Iran and Syria are using the commotion to distract attention from their own problems with the international community. The Palestinians, who have been deeply divided since their election, have found a common enemy in Denmark that unites them. Extremists and fundamentalists are exploiting the conflict to promote their radical agenda and win new members.

Go back to bed America, your government is in control again. Go back to bed America... you are free to do as we tell you... you are free to do as we tell you.