They were real concerned when people started talking about sacrificing civil liberties for national security.

National security is the first duty of government but we are also committed to reversing the substantial erosion of civil liberties.

Liberals are stalwart defenders of civil liberties - provided we're only talking about criminals.

Most white Americans were willing to sacrifice civil liberties in the name of national security as long as they were the civil liberties of someone else.

Our sovereignty may be dependent on our ability to eavesdrop on transmissions between our enemies on the outside and those on the inside with sympathies for them. I trust my ability to determine who to mark for examination and so will you.

The people have spoken through the more than 400 resolutions, calling for individualized suspicion and checks and balances to be inserted into the PATRIOT Act. Congress as the people's representative has a duty to ensure those basic constitutional standards are met.