Political Quotes

“I feel a chill in the air this afternoon. I think we are about to see a very dark day in history of the United States of America, the beginning of the police state. I submit that historians looking back will write that America's liberty began to erode in 1995 when they undertook to substitute language for the fourth amendment. I think one of the great fears that the science fiction writers write about is the black-clad storm troopers that break through your door, seizing whatever they might, seizing your personal items. That is the modern-day version of what our forefathers in the fourth amendment were afraid of. Today, I believe if the majority prevails we are about to undertake the beginning of that scenario. That is not a question of whether we trust police officers. As an attorney, I represented police officers and I know them to be hard-working, dedicated public servants, but I also know from their own mouths that they are not above making conscious mistakes. My statement is not to indict police officers... but rather to say that the protections contained in the fourth amendment were designed to protect the most precious group of people in this society, more precious even than police officers; that is, the U.S. citizenry.”