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2005 Ron Paul Chapter 64
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Congressional Record [.PDF]
PATRIOT Act Violates Fourth Amendment
15 June 2005
Mr. OTTER. Mr. Chairman, I yield 1
minute to the gentleman from Texas
(Mr. PAUL).
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Mr. PAUL. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman for yielding me this
time. I want to compliment the gentleman
for bringing this amendment to
the floor, and I want to express my disappointment
if it is ruled out of order
because this is such an important
issue.
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The fourth amendment is worth fighting for. The Founders of the country
thought it was literally worth
fighting for, and yet I see us here in
the Congress willing to sacrifice it too
easily.
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One of the arguments is that success has been proven that these easy-to-obtain
search warrants have produced
success in catching certain criminals,
but that does not prove that we could
not have done it legitimately by following
the fourth amendment; so we do
not know whether they would not have
been caught or not. Another thing is;
does sacrificing security and liberty
ever justify more catching of so-called
criminals? What if we had a total police
state? What if we turned our whole
country into a concentration camp? We
could make sure there would be no
crimes whatsoever.
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The trade-off is too great. We should never trade off safety and security for
our liberties, and I think that is what
we have done with the PATRIOT Act.
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I want to congratulate the gentleman for bringing this to our attention; and,
hopefully, we will eventually protect
the fourth amendment.
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