“There's a human rights component. It involves national security, civil rights, the future of our economy ? a whole international and geopolitical component.”
Paul Ortiz
“Today, no walls can separate humanitarian or human rights crises in one part of the world from national security crises in another. What begins with the failure to uphold the dignity of one life all too often ends with a calamity for entire nations.”
Kofi Annan
“The issue of human rights is a national security issue for us and while we have lots of issues to address with North Korea and we have lots of issues to address with China, the prism through which we evaluate their conduct is very much a human rights prism.”
Jay Lefkowitz
“This is an issue for people's pocketbooks as well as the economy and national security.”
James Woolsey
“We don't think the national security issue trumps the defendant's rights to get this information that is in the possession of the Executive Branch.”
Frank Dunham
“I cannot support the Patriot Act conference report because it does not secure the right balance between our national security and civil liberties. As we protect and defend the American people, we must remain vigilant in protecting law-abiding American citizens from unaccountable governmental intrusion over their personal records. ... It would still permit personal records to be seized and retained indefinitely without any obligation on the part of the government to demonstrate a connection to terrorism.”
Nancy Pelosi
“Condoleezza Rice, the national security adviser, is right there... she's in town because her father was at Johnson Smith College... and she was delivering a speech there.”
Al Michaels
