You talked about national identity cards and the terrorism bill. We have made a government that has grown used to viewing us as subjects, has grown used to seeing its role as commanding us.
— Malcolm Wallop
Most Powerful Identity Card quotations
We don't need a nation that has national identity cards.

We hear a lot about identity theft when someone takes your wallet and pretends to be you and uses your credit cards. But the more serious identity theft is to get swallowed up in other people's definition of you.

High bankruptcy rates, increased credit card debt, and identity theft make it imperative that all of us take an active role in providing financial and economic education during all stages of one's life.
We have put over £2bn in the last three years into counter-terrorism and we are developing the electronic border surveillance and identity cards
Life may unfold chronologically for the body and for bureaucracies that keep track of such things as births, marriages, deaths, visas, tax returns, expulsions, and identity cards, but memory does not play this game in quite the same way, always manages to confound the desire for tidiness.

Consular cards are easily obtained with no proof of true identity and are easily forged.
Families have a citizenship which is divine.
The identity card they have is given to them by God. So that within the heart of the family, truth, goodness and beauty may truly grow.
When work is not going well, it's useful to remember that our identities stretch beyond what is on the business card, that we were people long before we became workers - and will continue to be human once we have put our tools down forever.