Administration Quote by Dick Durbin

My administration will not authorize the indefinite military detention without trial of American citizens. Indeed, I believe that doing so would break with our…

— Barack Obama

I believe that presidents up through and including George Bush have known that Americans were left alive and in violation of law, these high…

— Bo Gritz

In going too far, they [presidents] have taken away the individual rights of American citizens.

— Dick Durbin

“Remember that there was great controversy that George Bush asserted the power simply to detain American citizens without due process or simply to eavesdrop…

— Jeremy Scahill

During war we imprison the rights of man.

— Jean Giraudoux

As presidential authority expands, and the role of Congress diminishes, the American people continue to lose control over their government. Today's assertions of executive…

— Mickey Edwards

If there be a principle that ought not to be questioned within the United States, it is that every man has a right to…

— James Madison

We have to remember that the United States has certain principles, certain values that bind us all together, that make us all American. And…

— Reza Aslan

We have the Second Amendment, but no privilege or right under the U.S. Constitution is unlimited.

— Bob Menendez

Every American, regardless of their background, has the right to live free of unwarranted government intrusion. Repealing the worst provisions of the Patriot Act…

— Pete Stark

In a world of inhumanity, war and terrorism, American citizenship is a very precious possession.

— Phyllis Schlafly

One of the saddest and most damaging legacies of the [George W.] Bush administration is the increased assertion of the "state secrets" privilege, which…

— Edward Snowden