Rights are not self-evident. They're not unalienable. They are subject to modification just like anything else.

I think extremists within the base may very well move the Democratic party away from its pro-Israel position.

That's when civil liberty suffers - when we think special times justify the diminution of civil liberties. And I'm not going to accept that.

In today's distorted world of 'human rights,' truth takes a back seat to ideology, and false claims - especially those that 'support' radical ideologies - persist even after they have been exposed.

Everybody says they're opposed to torture. But everyone would do it personally if they knew it could save the life of a kidnapped child who had only two hours of oxygen left before death. And it would be the right thing to do.

When I was growing up, my mother would always say, 'It will go on your permanent record.' There was no 'permanent record.' If there were a 'permanent record,' I'd never be able to be a lawyer. I was such a bum, in elementary school and high school... There is a permanent record today and it's called the Internet.

The Internet knows no national borders.