"It is true that liberty is precious so precious that it must be rationed."
Attributed to Lenin in a book by Sidney and Beatrice Webb (Soviet Communism: A New Civilization?)
And I'm not using Leninist as an epithet against him; he is indeed a Leninist.
Oh, of course he's a Leninist. The irony was that his statement was Orwellian and untrue, because it's such a cornerstone of our modern, democratic, free legal system
It depends on what you mean by civil rights legislation.
OK, let's go down the dark path of examples... how about the part of the legislation making it illegal to turn someone down for a job on the basis of race, sex or age? Are you saying that those are anti-freedom because they restrict the freedom of the employer to hire who he wishes?