It is a fair summary of history to say that the safeguards of liberty have been forged in controversies involving not very nice people.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I, for one, will remain constantly vigilant of a government that admits its transgressions of liberty only when they are caught lying.
Liberty is the right of every man to be honest, to think and to speak without hypocrisy.
By liberty I mean the assurance that every man shall be protected in doing what he believes is his duty against the influence of authority and majorities, custom and opinion.
And it is no less true, that personal security and private property rest entirely upon the wisdom, the stability, and the integrity of the courts of justice.
When liberty is mentioned, we must always be careful to observe whether it is not really the assertion of private interests which is thereby designated.
Liberty and security are often in direct confrontation and must be balanced in a way that protects us without destroying what is worth protecting.
There is nothing with which it is so dangerous to take liberties as liberty itself.
Ultimately, I'm about liberty and I think you have to defend it.
Most people want security in this world, not liberty.
The history of liberty has largely been the history of the observance of procedural safeguards.