Campaign Statements — Civil Liberties

Wednesday November 23, 2011

“You can still provide security without sacrificing our Bill of Rights”

“Today it seems too easy that our government and our congresses are so willing to give up our liberties for our security”

CATEGORIES: Civil Liberties | Ron Paul |

Wednesday November 23, 2011

“This is a giant step – literally legalizing martial law”

“This is a giant step – this should be the biggest news going right now – literally legalizing martial law”

CATEGORIES: Civil Liberties | Ron Paul | War on Terror |

Tuesday November 22, 2011

“Obviously, Muslims would be someone you’d look at, absolutely.”

BLITZER: Senator Santorum, under certain circumstances in the past, you’ve supported profiling. Is that correct?

SANTORUM: I have.

BLITZER: What do you have in mind?

SANTORUM: Well, I mean, I think TSA is a good example of that. We should be trying to find the bomber, not the bomb. Other countries have done it. Israel is probably the best example of that.

BLITZER: So just to be precise, is it ethnic profiling, religious profiling? Who would be profiled?

SANTORUM: Well, the folks who are most likely to be committing these crimes. If you look at—I mean, obviously, it was—obviously, Muslims would be—would be someone you’d look at, absolutely. Those are the folks who are—the radical Muslims are the people that are committing these crimes, as we’ve—by and large, as well as younger males. I mean, these are things that—not exclusively—but these are things that you profile to—to find your best—the most likely candidate.

CATEGORIES: Civil Liberties | Islamophobia | Rick Santorum | War on Terror |

Tuesday November 22, 2011

“We can…identify people who are lower risk.”

“We can use better technology [with TSA patdowns]. We can also identify people who are lower risk and allow them to go through the process more quickly than the current process.”

CATEGORIES: Civil Liberties | Mitt Romney | War on Terror |

Tuesday November 22, 2011

“You can still provide security without sacrificing our Bill of Rights.”

“I think the Patriot Act is unpatriotic because it undermines our liberty…Today it seems too easy that our government and our congresses are so willing to give up our liberties for our security. I have a personal belief that you never have to give up liberty for security. You can still provide security without sacrificing our Bill of Rights.”

CATEGORIES: Civil Liberties | Ron Paul | War on Terror |

Tuesday November 22, 2011

“We need to be prepared to protect ourselves from those who…would take out entire cities.”

“But if you’re trying to find somebody who may have a nuclear weapon that they are trying to bring into an American city, I think you want to use every tool that you can possibly use to gather the intelligence. The Patriot Act has clearly been a key part of that. And I think looking at it carefully and extending it and building an honest understanding that all of us will be in danger for the rest of our lives. This is not going to end in the short run. And we need to be prepared to protect ourselves from those who, if they could, would not just kill us individually, but would take out entire cities.”

CATEGORIES: Civil Liberties | Newt Gingrich | War on Terror |

Tuesday November 22, 2011

“I think the Patriot Act is unpatriotic because it undermines our liberty”

“I think the Patriot Act is unpatriotic because it undermines our liberty”

CATEGORIES: Civil Liberties | Ron Paul |

Tuesday November 22, 2011

“We don’t give Miranda warnings to terrorists”

“We don’t give Miranda warnings to terrorists, and we don’t read them their rights. They don’t have any”

CATEGORIES: Civil Liberties | Michele Bachmann | War on Terror |

Sunday November 13, 2011

“[Water Boarding is] immoral, uncivilized, and un-American.”

Paul declared that waterboarding is a form of torture and should be banned under U.S. and international law. He went on to say that support for the interrogation method is “immoral,” “uncivilized” and “un-American.”

CATEGORIES: Civil Liberties | Ron Paul |