(M)ore important than that, (McCarthy) was wrong every time he denied people their civil liberties.

Decisions made are made understanding we have an obligation to protect the civil liberties of the American people.

Our basic civil liberties are in jeopardy, but we're going to be spending our time as a society arguing about whether or not schoolchildren should be forced to pay tribute to imaginary invisible beings who live in magical kingdoms in outer space some

America is committed to seeing civil liberties protected as a shield for freedom-loving people, not as a sword for freedom-loathing people.

I think that there's going to be a rush to judgment on civil liberties, and a clamping down, a suspension of our democratic rights. And I believe that those who are good Americans would want to see this not happen and that we debate how to find a balance between the public safety and the protection of civil liberties.

I think that civil liberties types will make an argument that the lure of chat lines may be too much. And maybe that will not be a fair use of the limited rights granted police authorities to use entrapments.