“The Founders who crafted our Constitution and Bill of Rights were careful to draft a Constitution of limited powers - one that would protect Americans' liberty at all times - both in war, and in peace.” WarLibertyRightsProtectConstitutionBillsCarefulAll TimeFoundersBill Of Rights Author:Al Franken
“History may well record that we served liberty and saved freedom when we undertook a crash program in the field of education . . .. I hope this bill is only the forerunner of better things to come.” WellsMayEducationLibertyRecordsFieldsProgramBillsSavedCrashForerunners Author:Lyndon B. Johnson
“All of us in this country give lip service to the ideals set forth in the Bill of Rights and emphasized by every additional amendment, and yet when war is stirring in the world, many of us are ready to curtail our civil liberties. We do not stop to think that curtailing these liberties may in the end bring us a greater danger than the danger we are trying to avert.” ThinkingWorldGivingTryingMayWarEndsCountryLibertyGreaterRightsDangerReadyIdealsBillsLipsCivil RightsAmendmentsStirringCivil LibertiesBill Of RightsAvertLip Service Author:Eleanor Roosevelt
“In my judgment the people of no nation can lose their liberty so long as a Bill of Rights like ours survives and its basic purposes are conscientiously interpreted, enforced and respected so as to afford continuous protection against old, as well as new, devices and practices which might thwart those purposes. I fear to see the consequences of the Court's practice of substituting its own concepts of decency and fundamental justice for the language of the Bill of Rights as its point of departure in interpreting and enforcing that Bill of Rights.” PeopleWellsLongMightLawPurposeLanguageNationsLosesJusticeLibertyPracticeRightsJudgmentConceptsConsequenceConstitutionFundamentalsBillsCourtProtectionDevicesDecencyDepartureBill Of RightsInterpreting Author:Hugo Black
“The first ten amendments were proposed and adopted largely because of fear that Government might unduly interfere with prized individual liberties. The people wanted and demanded a Bill of Rights written into their Constitution. The amendments embodying the Bill of Rights were intended to curb all branches of the Federal Government in the fields touched by the amendments-Legislative, Executive, and Judicial.” PeopleFirstsGovernmentMightWantedIndividualLibertyRightsWrittenFieldsTenConstitutionBillsBranchesTouchedExecutivesAmendmentsInterfereFederal GovernmentAdoptedJudicialBill Of RightsCurbIndividual Liberty Author:Hugo Black
“I rise today in support of Bill C-38, the Civil Marriage Act. I rise in support of a Canada in which liberties are safeguarded, rights are protected and the people of this land are treated as equals under the law.” PeopleTodayLawLibertySupportRightsLandBillsTreatedCanadaProtected Author:Paul Martin
“After 100 years of trying, finally we passed health care for all Americans as a right for all - not just a privilege for a few. It honored the vows of our Founders: Of life, a healthier life; liberty; the freedom to pursue our own happinesses. ... We knew that ... this bill was ironclad constitutionally.” TryingYearsCareLibertyBillsPrivilegePursueHealth CareFoundersHonoredVowHealthier LifeIronclads Author:Nancy Pelosi
“Terrorists and their allies believe the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the American Bill of Rights and every charter of liberty ever written are lies to be burned and destroyed and forgotten.” BelieveHumansLyingLibertyRightsWrittenUniversalBillsForgottenHuman RightsTerroristDestroyedAlliesBurnedDeclarationBill Of RightsCharterDeclaration Of Human Rights Author:George W. Bush
“The Bill of Rights should contain the general principles of natural and civil liberty. It should be to a community what the eternal laws and obligations of morality are to the conscience. It should be unalterable by any human power.” ShouldHumansLawCommunityNaturalLibertyPrinciplesRightsMoralityEternalConscienceBillsObligationCivil LibertiesBill Of RightsHuman Power Author:Thomas Paine
“The following [addition to the Bill of Rights] would have pleased me: The people shall not be deprived or abridged of their right to speak, to write, or otherwise to publish anything but false facts affecting injuriously the life, liberty or reputation of others, or affecting the peace of the [United States] with foreign nations.” PeopleWritingStatesFactsSpeakNationsUnitedLibertyUnited StatesRightsBillsFollowingReputationPublishDeprivedBill Of Rights Author:Thomas Jefferson
“The hastily crafted [stimulus] bill, with its corrupt funding of ACORN and other favors, is a disgracefully irresponsible effort to expand the public sector, diminish the private sector, empower the autocrats, and further divest us of our individual liberties - all at the expense of present and future generations.” IndividualEffortLibertyGenerationsBillsFavorsEmpoweringExpensesDiminishFuture GenerationFundingStimulusIrresponsiblePrivate SectorIndividual LibertyAcornsPublic Sector Author:David Limbaugh
“As soon as the economic freedom which the market economy grants to its members is removed, all political liberties and bills of rights become humbug.” PoliticalLibertyEconomyRightsEconomicMembersBillsGrantsBill Of RightsMarket EconomyEconomic FreedomHumbug Book:Economic freedom and interventionism: an anthology of articles and essays Source: Economic freedom and interventionism: an anthology of articles and essays
“I do think if we take the power out of Washington and bring it back to the people, if we defend the Bill of Rights, free speech, religious liberty, the Second Amendment, privacy, if we repeal Obamacare, abolish the IRS, if we get Washington out of the way of job creators, I think we can transform this country.” PeopleIfsThinkingWayCountryJobsReligiousLibertyRightsSpeechBillsCreatorPrivacyAmendmentsFree SpeechObamacareSecond AmendmentAbolishBill Of RightsIrsReligious LibertyJob Creators Author:Ted Cruz
“If the Republican Party stands for individual liberty, if we defend the Bill of Rights, if we stand for keeping this country safe, then we deserve to win, and if we don't, we deserve to lose. It shouldn't be - it's not just a game of blue team/red team. It is actually about making a difference in people's lives.” PeopleIfsCountryGamesWinningIndividualLosesDifferencesPartyLibertyRightsTeamRepublicanSafeDeserveRedBlueBillsMaking A DifferenceRepublican PartyBill Of RightsIndividual Liberty Author:Ted Cruz
“This [anti-terrorism bill] is a violation of the First Amendment right to free speech and the Fourth Amendment protection of private property... Some of these provisions place more power in the hands of law enforcement than our Founding Fathers could have dreamt and severely compromises the civil liberties of law-abiding Americans. This bill, while crafted with good intentions, is rife with constitutional infringements I could not support.” FirstsHandsLawFatherLibertySupportSpeechBillsPropertyIntentionTerrorismProtectionCompromiseAmendmentsFourthFree SpeechLaw EnforcementEnforcementFoundingViolationProvisionFirst AmendmentAbidingGood IntentionsPrivate PropertyCivil LibertiesOur Founding FathersInfringementFourth AmendmentAnti Terrorism Author:Butch Otter
“Can any of you seriously say the Bill of Rights could get through Congress today? It wouldn't even get out of committee.” GovernmentTodayPoliticalLibertyDemocracyRightsConstitutionBillsCongressLibertarianUsaAmendmentsLibertarianismCommitteesBill Of Rights Author:F. Lee Bailey
“There are things about classic liberalism that obviously I'm drawn to and I bet all of you are as well. Those are things like liberty, freedom, the Bill of Rights. But the reason that I reject the label is that I grew up cutting my teeth against the liberals.” WellsReasonLibertyCuttingRightsGrewGrew UpBillsTeethLabelsClassicLiberalismRejectsBill Of Rights Author:Bill Ayers