If you hear me out, I believe you'll discover that what motivates me more than any other issue is the defense of everyone's rights.

There comes a time, there comes a time in the history of nations when fear and complacency allow power to accumulate and liberty and privacy to suffer. That time is now and I will not let the Patriot Act, the most unpatriotic of acts go unchallenged.

I think the vast majority of the American people say you shouldn't be able to collect my phone records if I'm not suspicious, if you don't have probable cause.

Perhaps it is time to be more careful what we ask government to do, and where we allow it to become part of our lives.

Just because a couple people on the Supreme Court declare something to be 'constitutional' does not make it so.

I don't think I've ever used the word 'gay rights,' because I don't really believe in rights based on your behavior.

We must always embrace individual liberty and enforce the constitutional rights of all Americans-rich and poor, immigrant and native, black and white.