"Necessity is the plea of every infringement of human freedom. It is the arguement of tyrants, it is the creed of slaves." ~~~William Pitt, House of Lords, 1783
"The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion." ~~~Edmund Burke
"The welfare of the people has always been the alibi of tyrants, and it provides the further advantage of giving the servants of tyranny a good conscience." ~~~Albert Camus
"Good intentions will always be pleaded for every assumption of authority. It is hardly too strong to say that the Constitution was made to guard the people against the dangers of good intentions. There are men in all ages who mean to govern well, but they mean to govern. They promise to be good masters, but they mean to be masters." ~~~Daniel Webster
"If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot, stomping on a human face, forever." ~~~George Orwell
"In 1960 when I came out of prison as an ex-convict, I had more freedom under parole supervision than there's available to the average citizen in America right now." ~~~Merle Haggerd
"They that give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." Ben Franklin
"Only those completely distrustful of all government would be opposed to what we are doing with surveillance cameras." ~~~Howard Safir, 1999, NYC Police Commissioner, former head of US Marshals.