Bears Quote by Jim Sensenbrenner

I really think the Patriot Act violates our Constitution. It was, it is, an illegal act. The Congress, the Senate and the president cannot…

— Peter Camejo

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

The Patriot Act removed major legal barriers that prevented the law enforcement, intelligence, and national defense communities from talking and coordinating their work to…

— Jon Porter

I don't want to weaken the Patriot Act. I want to repeal it.

— Jon Tester

There comes a time, there comes a time in the history of nations when fear and complacency allow power to accumulate and liberty and…

— Rand Paul

There is a point at which the law becomes immoral and unethical. That point is reached when it becomes a cloak for the cowardice…

— Kurt Huber

I will not counter the insanity of the PATRIOT Act with an overblown fear of my rights being taken away.

— Penn Jillette

It takes far more courage to violate a custom than a law.

— Evan Esar

We are a nation of laws and liberties, not of a knock in the night. So it is time to end the era of…

— John F. Kerry

I think it's dawning on some Democrats that obstructing the Patriot Act, like they've been obstructing everything else, is bad for them politically.

— Karl Rove

I will not let the patriot act, the most un-patriotic of acts, go unchallenged.

— Rand Paul

When the American people find out how their government has secretly interpreted the Patriot Act, they will be stunned and they will be angry.

— Ron Wyden