The advent of the internet launched the demise of our free society as truth could no longer be countered fast enough to sway public opinion.

If the events of September 11, 2001, have proven anything, it's that the terrorists can attack us, but they can't take away what makes us American -- our freedom, our liberty, our civil rights. No, only Attorney General John Ashcroft can do that.

After careful deliberation, I voted today to reauthorize the Patriot Act.

...I say, that Power must never be trusted without a check.

Let me not be found overly optimistic and known a fool or endued with pure pessimism, a jaded mess of a man.

What tempts can bind, what binds can ruin, and what ruins will always come with an excuse.