Patriot Act Quotes

• We are expected to believe that anyone who objects to the Department of Homeland Security or the USA Patriot Act is a terrorist, and that the only way to preserve our freedom is to hand it over to the government for safekeeping.

  L. Neil Smith

  Believe, Government, Hands

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• 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

  Government, People, Patriot

  "Q&A: Senator Ron Wyden on NSA Surveillance and Government Transparency". www.rollingstone.com. August 15, 2013.

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• Today it is becoming harder to speak out, with the inception of the Patriot Act, the president has legislated free speech to be a crime.

  Frank Serpico

  Speaks Out, President, Speech

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• Every American, regardless of their background, has the right to live free of unwarranted government intrusion. Repealing the worst provisions of the Patriot Act will reign in this gross abuse of power and restore to everyone our basic Constitutional rights.

  Pete Stark

  Rights, Government, Abuse

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• Se han tomado medidas decisivas en el frente interno con la aprobación de la USA Patriot Act, que ha reforzado la mano de las fuerzas del orden para detener a los terroristas antes de que puedan actuar.

  Roger Wicker

  Taken, Home, America

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• The PATRIOT Act brought down the wall separating intelligence agencies from law enforcement and other entities charged with protecting the Nation from terrorism.

  Chris Chocola

  Wall, Agency, Law

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• The Patriot Act allows and provides a basis for an exchange of information.

  John Ashcroft

  Information, Usa Patriot Act, Bases

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• Prior to the passage of the Patriot Act, it was very difficult - often impossible - for us to share information with the Central Intelligence Agency, with NSA, with the other intelligence agencies, and likewise, for them to share information with us.

  Robert Mueller

  Agency, Nsa, Information

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• One of the first items of Congressional business in 2006 will be an effort to renew the USA Patriot Act.

  Roger Wicker

  Business, Usa, America

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• Creo que algunos demócratas se están dando cuenta de que obstruir la Ley Patriótica, como han estado obstruyendo todo lo demás, es malo para ellos políticamente.

  Karl Rove

  Thinking, Usa Patriot Act, Democrat

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• The Patriot Act closed dangerous gaps in America's law enforcement and intelligence capabilities, gaps that terrorists exploited when they attacked us.

  George W. Bush

  Law, America, Enforcement

  "Supreme Court Nominee Visits President and Lawmakers; President Bush Speaks in Baltimore About Renewal of Patriot Act, Supreme Court Nomination". "CNN Live Today", edition.cnn.com. July 20, 2005.

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• Civil libertarians have raised concerns that some of the Patriot Act's provisions infringe on Constitutional rights. Those concerns are not supported by the facts.

  Roger Wicker

  Rights, Libertarian, Facts

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

  Rand Paul

  Patriotic, Patriot, Filibuster

  Rand Paul's Speech on the PATRIOT Act and Government Surveillance, www.c-span.org. May 20, 2015.

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• Si los estadounidenses de clase media no se sienten amenazados por la lenta invasión del Estado policial o la Patriot Act, es porque viven con suficiente comodidad y ejercen sus libertades muy a la ligera, sin poner nunca a prueba los límites. Uno nunca sabe que está en una cárcel a menos que intente abrir la puerta.

  Joe Bageant

  Ejercicio, Puertas, Clase

  Joe Bageant (2008). "Deer Hunting with Jesus: Dispatches from America's Class War", p.173, Broadway Books

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• We've got to have all those tools. The Patriot Act tearing down those walls between intel and law enforcement are a necessary part of protecting the country. But, in the long term, the only way to defeat this terrorist bunch is through the spread of liberty and freedom. And that's a big challenge. I understand it's a challenge. It requires commitment and patience and persistence.

  George W. Bush

  Country, Wall, Commitment

  Fuente: www.washingtonpost.com

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• There comes a time, there comes a time in the history of nations when fear and complacency allow power to accumulate and liberty and privacy to suffer. That time is now and I will not let the Patriot Act, the most unpatriotic of acts go unchallenged.

  Rand Paul

  Suffering, Liberty, Complacency

  FaceBook post by Senator Rand Paul from May 23, 2015

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• Since 2001, the Patriot Act has provided the means to detect and disrupt terrorist threats against the U.S. Prior to enactment of the law, major legal barriers prevented intelligence, national defense, and law enforcement agencies from working together and sharing information.

  Roger Wicker

  Mean, Agency, Law

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• Utilizaremos todas las herramientas legales a nuestra disposición, incluidas las previstas en la renovada Ley PATRIOT. Creemos firmemente que nuestras herramientas de recopilación de información deben permitirnos recabar la información que necesitamos para proteger al pueblo estadounidense.

  John O. Brennan

  Believe, Intelligence Gathering, People

  "Reforzar nuestra seguridad adhiriéndonos a nuestros valores y leyes". Discurso de John O. Brennan en la Facultad de Derecho de Harvard en Cambridge, Massachusetts, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. 16 de septiembre de 2011.

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• The Patriot Act was used against me in total contradiction to its stated purpose. Or perhaps it was the most logical use of the law, since it establishes a legal framework to crush free thinking and interrupt individual questioning of the government. It is the beginning of all dictatorship in America.

  Susan Lindauer

  Aplastar, Pensar, Gobierno

  "Susan Lindauer: Secret Charges and The Patriot Act". Interview with Michael Collins, www.scoop.co.nz. March 10, 2009.

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• Thanks in part to the Patriot Act, the federal government has been able to demand some details of your online activities from service providers - and not to tell you about it.

  Jonathan Zittrain

  Government, Details, Demand

  "Lost in the Cloud". www.nytimes.com. July 19, 2009.

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• In the last four years under the Patriot Act, we have seen a great increase in the ability of law enforcement officials to investigate and track terrorists.

  Mike Pence

  Years, Law, Track

  Biografía/Citas personales, www.imdb.com.

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• Antes de la Ley PATRIOT, la capacidad de los organismos gubernamentales para compartir información entre sí era limitada, lo que impedía a los investigadores comprender plenamente lo que podían estar planeando los terroristas y prevenir sus atentados.

  Chris Chocola

  Agencia, Gobierno, Comprensión

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• Ending mass surveillance of private phone calls under the Patriot Act is a historic victory for the rights of every citizen. Yet while we have reformed this one program, many others remain.

  Edward Snowden

  Rights, Phones, Nsa

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• La Patriot Act es esencial para nuestro éxito continuado en la guerra contra el terrorismo aquí en casa.

  Mike Pence

  War, Home, Essentials

  Biografía/Citas personales, www.imdb.com.

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• The Patriot Act is certainly a concern; all of those things are dangerous. I think more important than me preaching is that we as a nation have to have the debate. I don't know what the answers are. I just know that if the idea is to say talking about it makes you unpatriotic, I've got to call your bluff on that.

  George Clooney

  Pensar, hablar, ideas

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