"This thing called Patriot Act, through which we abdicated a lot of our civil rights to defend the country against terrorism, it's a four-year story"
- Neil Young
About this Quote
This quote by Neil Young talks to the impact of the Patriot Act on civil liberties in the United States. The Patriot Act was passed in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks and offered the government broad powers to keep track of and investigate thought terrorists. While the Act was planned to secure the country from terrorism, it also resulted in the abdication of numerous civil rights, such as the right to privacy. This quote recommends that the Patriot Act has actually been in effect for 4 years, and that it has had a substantial effect on civil liberties in the United States. It is a suggestion that the federal government's efforts to safeguard the nation from terrorism can come at an expense to civil liberties.
This quote is written / told by Neil Young somewhere between November 12, 1945 and today. He/she was a famous Musician from Canada.
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"America's veterans and troops serving abroad today fought hard to preserve our red, white and blue, from the Revolutionary War to today's Global War Against Terrorism, and Congress' action today is appropriate for one of our most sacred symbols"
