"These laws were originally intended to disrupt criminal networks, but they have increasingly been used against innocent citizens to strip them of their property without a lawyer to defend their rights, without a day in court to hear the charges against them, and without due process."
"My hope is as the Committee moves forward, that you will use some of our ideas or include some of our ideas in your deliberation."
"I think no one who listens to these horrendous abuses of our civil liberties should be not moved to think that we really do need reform in our country."
"Civil forfeiture turns justice on its head. Our current laws presume you are guilty until you can prove your innocence."
"I understand"
"Today, I announce with God's help, with the help of liberty lovers everywhere that I am putting myself forward as a candidate for president of the United States of America."
"I am not particularly happy with being lectured to by the administration about the Constitution."
"This is an administration that seeks to legislate when it is not in their purview."
"The letter was to you. The letter was to Iran, but it should have been cc'd to the White House."
"We want you to obey the law. We want you to understand the separation of powers."
"I cannot vote for something that is going to enable war in Libya, and Nigeria, and Yemen, and all these places with 100,000 troops."