Tyranny Comes Home Quotes

“many U.S. citizens tolerate and justify the sweeping surveillance activities of their government by reasoning that “if you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear.” This assumes that expansive government powers will be employed in a constrained and effective manner to combat precise threats to citizens. What is neglected is that these powers can be abused, both in the present and also in the future, in ways that threaten freedom instead of protecting it.”
― Christopher J. Coyne, Tyranny Comes Home: The Domestic Fate of U.S. Militarism