When we uphold the rule of law, our counterterrorism tools are more likely to withstand the scrutiny of our courts, our allies, and the American people.

Perjury before Congress is perjury to the American people and an affront to the fundamental principles of our republic and the rule of law. Such behavior cannot be tolerated.

The magic of the American experience is that we've upheld the rule of law for everybody, everybody treated equally beneath the law.

Expedience, not justice, is the rule of contemporary American law.

I firmly believe in the rule of law as the foundation for all of our basic rights.

Commitment to the rule of law provides a basic assurance that people can know what to expect whether what they do is popular or unpopular at the time.