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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.”

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Author:George Clooney

“The original PATRIOT Act greatly increased our nation's ability to share intelligence information, made better use of technology, and provided terrorism investigators tools that have long been available in cases involving illegal drugs and organized crime.”

“The truth is libraries are raucous clubhouses for free speech, controversy and community.”

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Author:Paula Poundstone

“The Patriot Act followed 9-11 as smoothly as the suspension of the Weimar constitution after the Reichstag Fire Decree.”

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Author:Sr?a Trifkovic

“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.”

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Author:Susan Lindauer

“Now that Bin Laden dead, can we get our civil liberties back? That George Bush stole with the Patriot Act?”

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Author:Ras Kass

“It's disingenuous and wrong to say that the attorney general's expanded powers in the Patriot Act come with adequate oversight by the courts, ... In reality, the most troubling provisions in the law make judges little more than rubber stamps in Justice Department investigations.”

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Author:Anthony Romero

“I listen a little to the Democrats, and if one of them gets elected, we are going on defense," Giuliani continued. "We will wave the white flag on Iraq. We will cut back on the Patriot Act, electronic surveillance, interrogation and we will be back to our pre-September 11 attitude of defense.”

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Author:Rudy Giuliani

“No one in their right mind can say to me with a straight face that the Patriot Act has not aggregated the Fourth Amendment.”

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Author:Peter Camejo

“For too long, opponents of the PATRIOT Act have transformed this law into a grossly distorted caricature that bears no relation to the legislation itself.”

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Author:Jim Sensenbrenner

“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 connection to terrorism.”

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Author:Russ Feingold

“The Patriot Act is essential to our continued success in the war on terror here at home.”

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Author:Mike Pence

“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.”

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Author:Mike Pence

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

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Author:Jon Tester

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

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Author:Ron Wyden

“After careful deliberation, I voted today to reauthorize the Patriot Act.”

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Author:Jim Gerlach

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

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Author:John Ashcroft

“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.”

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Author:Roger Wicker

“Since we enacted the PATRIOT Act almost three years ago, there has been tremendous public debate about its breadth and implications on due process and privacy.”

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Author:Howard Berman

“While the debate on the Patriot Act is far from over, it is important that all Americans continue in this dialogue and work together to ensure greater security for our nation.”

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Author:Jo Bonner

“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.”

“NAFTA and GATT have about as much to do with free trade as the Patriot Act has to do with liberty.”

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Author:Michael Badnarik

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

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Author:Chris Chocola

“I think the Patriots actually live by the saying, 'If you're not cheating, you're not trying.'”

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Author:LaDainian Tomlinson

“By tearing down the wall between law enforcement and the intelligence community, we have been able to share information in a way that was virtually impossible before the Patriot Act.”

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Author:John Ashcroft

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

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Author:George W. Bush

“I would far rather over-estimate the threat [imposed by the Patriot Act] and be proven wrong than to underestimate the threat and wake up one morning in a world where the 21st century's J Edgar Hoover has the power to blackmail anyone in America.”

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Author:Tim Lee

“It is no response to assert that the Patriot Act has been useful; what you need to explain is how any particular safeguard would have so diluted investigative powers that it would have frustrated an investigation and created a security harm outweighing the benefit to civil liberties. If you'd rather trade scary stories, that's fine too - just let me know so I can buy a bag of marshmallows before our next round.”

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

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Author:Roger Wicker

“Congress and the White House are working out their scheme for pushing through a healthcare 'reform' bill that has more pages than the U.S. Constitution has words. I guarantee you that not a single member of the House or Senate has a complete understanding of that legislation any more than they understood all the implications of the USA PATRIOT Act back in 2001.”

“Decisive action has been taken on the home front with passage of the USA Patriot Act, which has strengthened the hand of law enforcement agencies to stop terrorists before they can act.”

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Author:Roger Wicker

“We all deserve credit for this new surveillance state that we live in because we the people voted for the Patriot Act. Democrats and Republicans alike....We voted for the people who voted for it, and then voted for the people who reauthorized it, then voted for the people who re-re-authorize d it.”

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Author:Stephen Colbert

“In a sad twist of fate, the bill to reauthorize the Patriot Act was debated on the floor of the House of Representatives the same day that terrorists struck again.”

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Author:Jim Sensenbrenner

“The Patriot Act has increased the flow of information within our government, and it has helped break up terror cells in the United States of America and the United States Congress was right to renew the terrorist act. The Patriot Act.”

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Author:George W. Bush

“People talk about the Patriot Act that was passed immediately in the wake of September 11. What the Patriot Act did was break down the walls between the various agencies.”

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Author:Robert Mueller

“The Patriot Act is the most egregious piece of legislation to ever leave Congress since the Alien and Sedition Acts, John Ashcroft and every member of Congress who voted for it should be indicted.”

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Author:Michael Badnarik

“Prior to the PATRIOT Act, the ability of government agencies to share information with each other was limited, which kept investigators from fully understanding what terrorists might be planning and to prevent their attacks.”

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Author:Chris Chocola

“Ron Paul warned everyone that the Patriot Act could be used against innocent American citizens. His critics said he was siding with terrorists. Now, either A. Ron Paul was right. Or B. All Verizon users are terrorists.”

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Author:Jack Hunter

“Since its enactment in the weeks following the September 11 terrorist attacks, the tools in the Patriot Act have been used by law enforcement to stop more than 400 terrorist threats to our families and communities.”

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Author:Jim Gerlach

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