This thing called Patriot Act, through which we abdicated a lot of our civil rights to defend the country against terrorism, it's a four-year story.

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.

I support the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act.

It is difficult to overstate the importance of the Civil Rights Act.

I favor the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and it must be enforced at gunpoint if necessary.

No Republican questions or disputes civil rights. I have never wavered in my support for civil rights or the civil rights act.