'Emergencies' have always been the pretext on which the safeguards of individual liberty have been eroded.
Attribution disputed; shown as originally published.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Emergency situations are often used as excuses to reduce personal freedoms.
- In plain terms
- Governments use crises to take away liberties gradually.
- What can you take from it?
- Guard against using emergencies to justify permanent loss of rights.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do we distinguish real threats from political excuses?
- When should liberties be suspended?
Another view
Some restrictions during real crises are necessary to save lives and order.
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