Angela Merkel Quotes

Preventing terrorist attacks is of the highest important, but trashing the Constitution is not the right way to do it.

Without question, the court does play a vital role in our constitutional system.

Secondly, not only have we put additional agents on counterterrorism, but we've also built up our analytical structure so that we're better positioned to analyze the information we have.

Our top focus - protecting our Nation - must go beyond homeland preparedness; America will only be secure if we deal with threats before they happen, not just after they happen.

The Constitution guarantees due process, not judicial process.

But the truth of the matter is, we're an open society, we want to remain an open society, and there will continue to be vulnerability. That's why we have to meet the threats when they are not yet taking place on our territory and on our soil.

The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a little longer.

Preventing the arbitrary administration of punishment is a basic ideal of any society that purports to be governed by the rule of law.

The safety and security of the nation depends more so than ever before on intelligence.

There is a problem. We do have this little thing called the Constitution.

Every constitutional standard is engaged in difficult but important line-drawing.

The point I wanted to make was, as we have moved forward on the war on terrorism, FISA has been increasingly effective in terms of results.

We have to be a nation of laws.

We all need good laws, and an independent, impartial, and efficient judiciary to verify the constitutionality of those laws.

The House Judiciary Committee is a great place to promote our core principles of constitutionally limited government, individual freedom and the rule of law.

We are a nation of laws.

The bottom line is we are pursuing every single possible action to keep our country safe from terrorism.

We need to gather intelligence, but we need to do so legally.

How do we prevent attacks? How do we protect our people?I think we've got to have an intelligence surge, where we are looking for every scrap of information.

The rule of law bakes no bread, it is unable to distribute loaves or fishes (it has none), and it cannot protect itself against external assault, but it remains the most civilized and least burdensome conception of a state yet to be devised.

I have to make the very best judgments I can make in terms of what's gonna keep the American people safe. And is what, what's gonna uphold our Constitution and our traditions of due process.

What I'm OK with is protecting the American people. What I'm OK with is, when people have the intent to come to this country and take American lives, that we are prepared to do what's necessary to gain the information to protect the people of this country.

Our intelligence communities spend a lot of time and effort gathering a lot of strands and a lot of data [on Russian hacking]. There are times where they're very cautious and they say, "We think this is what happened, but we're not certain."

We have determined enemies who will use any means available to take the lives of as many Americans as possible. They cheered when the Twin Towers fell. They dream of even larger calamities. They must be stopped. And that requires an intelligence system that finds them, before they harm us.

We are a nation of laws.