“Active liberty is particularly at risk when law restricts speech directly related to the shaping of public opinion, for example, speech that takes place in areas related to politics and policy-making by elected officials. That special risk justifies especially strong pro-speech judicial presumptions. It also justifies careful review whenever the speech in question seeks to shape public opinion, particularly if that opinion in turn will affect the political process and the kind of society in which we live.” IfsKindLawPoliticalTurnsStrongProcessLibertyOpinionRiskSpecialPolicyExampleShapesSpeechAreasCarefulActiveRelatedOfficialsJustifyReviewsFreedom Of SpeechPublic OpinionJudicialPresumptionElected OfficialsLive FreePublic OfficialsPolicy Making Author:Stephen Breyer
“It was a real revolution. But with one missing feature. That is the feeling in a people that "We have done it once, and if the new lot let us down, we can do it again!" It was that proud, menacing confidence which made the French revolution special. But it's not around in 21st-century Europe. After 1989, the people handed over liberty to the experts. Will they ever want it back?” PeopleIfsWantMadeRealDoneFeelingsCan DoLibertySpecialCenturyMissingRevolutionProudEuropeFeaturesExperts21st CenturyFrench Revolution Author:Neal Ascherson
“It is perfectly clear that people, given no alternative, will choose tyranny over anarchy, because anarchy is the worst tyranny of all... The special nature of liberties is that they can be defended only as long as we still have them. So the very first signs of their erosion must be resisted, whether the issue be domestic surveillance by the Army, so-called preventive detention, or the freedom of corporate television, or that of a campus newspaper.” PeopleFirstsLongStillsPoliticsGivenLibertyEconomyIssuesClearWorstSpecialTelevisionArmyNewspapersTyrannyAlternativesCorporateLiberalismAnarchySurveillanceCampusErosionDetention Author:Eric Sevareid
“Americans have always held firm, because we have always believed in certain truths. We know that if evil is not confronted, it gains in strength and audacity and returns to strike us again. We know that when the work is hard, the proper response is not retreat, it is courage. And we know that a great ideal of human freedom entrusted to us in a special way and that the ideal of liberty is worth defending.” IfsKnowsWayHumansHardCertainEvilLibertySpecialReturnGainsIdealsResponseStrikesFirmRetreatAlways BelieveGreat IdeaAudacityHuman Freedom Author:George W. Bush
“We must protect the very things that make America so special - most certainly including our civil liberties. But we cannot do so without strong national security and a thoughtful and informed discourse.” AmericaStrongLibertySpecialSecurityProtectIncludingThoughtfulDiscourseNational SecurityCivil Liberties Author:Mike Pompeo
“The average man's love of liberty is nine-tenths imaginary, exactly like his love of sense, justice and truth... It takes a special sort of man to understand and enjoy liberty - and he is usually an outlaw in democratic societies.” MenEnjoyLibertySpecialDemocraticAverageLibertarianNineImaginaryOutlawDemocratic SocietyAverage Man Author:H. L. Mencken
“America's heart and soul is more embedded in our love of liberty, self-reliance, and tolerance than by our foreign policy, driven by powerful special interests with little regard for the Constitution.” HeartLittlesSoulSelfAmericaInterestPowerfulLibertySpecialPolicyConstitutionRegardDrivenToleranceForeign PolicyOur LoveSelf RelianceRelianceHeart And SoulEmbeddedSpecial Interests Author:Ron Paul
“That's when civil liberty suffers - when we think special times justify the diminution of civil liberties. And I'm not going to accept that.” ThinkingSufferingLibertyAcceptingSpecialJustifyCivil Liberties Author:Alan Dershowitz