Congress Quote by Rebecca MacKinnon

There should be some commonsense principles that will assure the American public that their rights are going to be protected online.

— Ro Khanna

But the Congress has made the determination that certain kinds of information can be protected even though the American people may want to have…

— Alberto Gonzales

Until we actually get legislation that protects our rights online, we will continue to fight against stupid, lobbyist-bought legislation. We want bills that protect…

— Alexis Ohanian

It is without doubt that freedoms of the press and speech need to be protected, but there are undisputed limits to these freedoms, limits…

— Charles B. Rangel

People don't want to have their rights online violated. They want the freedom of the Internet.

— Ana Kasparian

Citizens' rights cannot be protected if their digital activities are governed and policed by opaque and publicly unaccountable corporate mechanisms.

— Rebecca MacKinnon

Our nation's founding fathers carefully crafted a Bill of Rights - an articulation of personal liberties woven into the entire fabric of our free…

— Wayne LaPierre

The new laws passed by Congress in the name of fighting terrorism pose a greater danger to the civil liberties of American citizens than…

— Charley Reese

We need to codify our values and build consensus around what we want from a free society and a free Internet. We need to…

— Heather Brooke

The fact that we're protected under that Constitution in exercising the right of free speech, it's a wonderful thing. You've got to come from…

— Pat Oliphant

It is now well established that the Constitution protects the right to receive information and ideas. ... This right to receive information and ideas,…

— Thurgood Marshall

This [anti-terrorism bill] is a violation of the First Amendment right to free speech and the Fourth Amendment protection of private property... Some of…

— Butch Otter