3 Gerry Spence Quotes on Rights

Gerry Spence quotes on rights

17. To bargain freedom for security is the devil's bargain. Having made the bargain, one enjoys neither freedom nor security.

27. A new fascism promises security from the terror of crime. All that is required is that we take away the criminals' rights - which, of course, are our own. Out of our desperation and fear we begin to feel a sense of security from the new totalitarian state.

30. Nearly every day on the television set the hero cop breaks into the bad guy's house and beats a confession out of him and we cheer on the cop. Propaganda smears our clear vision. It causes us to accept the diminishment of our constitutional protections as something to be lauded- after all, the cop was protecting us.