Some might also argue that there would be an infringement of basic liberties, if companies were restricted in where they can place their funds.

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More than a century on, the Dreyfus affair still holds important lessons about freedom, notably the fragility of basic liberties when national security is invoked.

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As a primer on the affair, this is a first-rate narrative and a heartfelt plea to modern democracies to stick to their values and defend basic liberties, however threatened they feel.

ECONOMIST: The Dreyfus affair

Extremist parties across Europe must be resisted because they are a danger not just to the EU but to basic civil liberties.

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Most of them, in one form or another, reflect basic economic liberties.

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In adopting the 10 Constitutional Amendments that make up the Bill of Rights, the Framers sought to balance the power and security of a new Federal Government with a guarantee of our most basic civil liberties.

WHITEHOUSE: Presidential Proclamation -- Bill of Rights Day, 2012