Americans want to defeat terrorism and they want the basic character of this country to survive and prosper. They want both security and liberty, and unless we give them both - and we can if we try - we have failed.

I will also continue to strongly oppose any reauthorization of the Patriot Act that does not protect the rights and freedoms of law-abiding Americans with no c…

This conduct is right in the strike zone of the concept of high crimes and misdemeanors.

Of course, there is no doubt that if we lived in a police state, it would be easier to catch terrorists. If we lived in a country that allowed the police to se…

And the star-spangled banner, oh long may it wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

Restriction of free thought and free speech is the most dangerous of all subversions. It is the one un-American act that could most easily defeat us.

I first drew in New England's air, and from her hardy breast Sucked in the tyrant-hating milk that will not let me rest.