Adam Schiff Quotes


We will not let terrorists change our way of life; we will not live in fear; and we will not undermine the civil liberties that characterize our Democracy.


Citations

Schiff, Adam. "USA PATRIOT and Terrorism Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2005." Congressional Record, Government Publishing Office, 21 July 2005, p. H6123.

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In early America, the political parties had their own newspapers where “truth” was not an important journalistic virtue. Red scares and other fears of foreign conspiracies are as old as our nation. In 1798 the Federalists accused Vice President Thomas Jefferson, among others, of being in contact with the foreign conspirators and printed details of a "manufactured" plot to massacre the citizens of Philadelphia in one of their controlled newspapers. The nation was so alarmed that the infamous Alien and Sedition Acts were passed by Congress a few months later. These were probably the greatest infringements on American civil liberties in our history.


Adam Schiff
Adam Schiff
  • Born: June 22, 1960
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Politician

Adam Bennett Schiff is an American lawyer and politician who has served as the U.S. Representative for California's 28th congressional district since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, Schiff is in his eleventh term, having served since 2001.