[The war on terrorism isn't a religious war, but] a defense of our right to make moral choices, to seek fellowship with God that is chosen and not commanded.

The objective of securing the safety of Americans from crime and terror has been achieved.

The Internet provides very serious challenges to our ability to keep from children the kinds of things that are destructive to them

An FBI agent ought to be able to surf the net and look for sites that instruct people how to make bombs.

The liberties and freedoms which we hold dear and we recognize and cherish and respect guide the way we gather information in the United States

There is a concern that the Internet could be used to commit crimes and that advanced encryption could disguise such activity. However, we do not provide the government with phone jacks outside our homes for unlimited wiretaps. Why, then, should we grant government the Orwellian capability to listen at will and in real time to our communications across the Web?

We've got to understand that the whole nature of the way American democracy guards its freedom has been changed