The use of torture on suspected terrorists after Sept. 11…

There is also the issue of personal privacy when it comes the executive power. Throughout our nation's history, whether it was habeas corpus during…

— Dick Durbin

“From time to time our national history has been marred by forgetfulness of the Jeffersonian principle that restraint is at the heart of liberty.…

— John F. Kennedy

“The Fifth Congress had recessed in July 1798 without declaring war against France, but in the last days before adjourning it did approve other…

— Cokie Roberts

If we look at American history, between 1942 and 1947, the data that was collected by the Census Bureau was handed over to the…

— Michele Bachmann

If liberals had been in charge of the Arizona memorial, it would probably have featured an exhaustive exhibit about the internment of Japanese Americans…

— Mona Charen

During World War II, law-abiding Japanese-American citizens were herded into remote internment camps, losing their jobs, businesses and social standing, while an all-Japanese-American division…

— Tom Brokaw

One thing that does seem to me to be fairly consistent is that presidents who restrict civil liberties, even in wartime, are usually judged…

— David Greenberg

Unlike the Japanese internment, water-boarding was ordered and served up in secret. But it, too, was America's policy, not just Dick Cheney's. Congress was…

— Jacob Weisberg

Human beings make use of torture when they get chaotic and confused. And Americans certainly got chaotic, vengeful and confused after the September 11,…

— Mohamedou Ould Slahi

There is no need for use of torture instruments such as ankush for controlling the elephants. We can do it with the help of…

— Mark Shand

“While in general I avoid the use of torture - torture locates the opponent and mobilizes resistance - the threat of torture is useful…

— William S. Burroughs

Obama had the audacity to say, 'I have unequivocally prohibited the use of torture by the United States.' Ladies and gentlemen, torture in the…

— Rush Limbaugh

“Vladimir Ilyich (Lenin), your concrete actions are completely unworthy of the ideas you pretend to hold. Is it possible that you do not know…

— Pyotr Alexeyevich Kropotkin

The use of torture is contrary to sound judgment and common sense. Humanity itself cries out against it, and demands it to be utterly…

— Catherine the Great

“Known as "Ike,” Eisenhower was born prior to the Spanish American War on October 14, 1890. Graduating from West Point Military Academy in 1915,…

— Captain Hank Bracker