Bob Barr Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“Taking privacy cues from the federal government is - to say the least - ironic, considering today's Orwellian level of surveillance. At virtually any given time outside of one's own home, an American citizen can reasonably assume his movements and actions are being monitored by something, by somebody, somewhere.”

“Courts have long recognized the federal government's robust power to inspect people and goods entering the country. After all, the very foundation of national sovereignty is a nation's ability to protect its borders.”

“The average American returning from a trip abroad likely - and understandably - assumes the contents of his or her electronic device does not come close to meeting the threshold of 'criminal' activity, such as would give a government agent the right to seize and peruse their iPad just because they are returning from a vacation.”

“The world is undoubtedly a safer, freer place because Thatcher - like Reagan - refused to back down when it came to defending freedom.”

“On taking office, Obama promised the 'most transparent' administration in history; yet his record as president has been anything but transparent.”

“People come up to me and tell me they support me because I never left my principles.”

“The backlash against Big Government is an encouraging sign of a growing resistance to the mission creep of federal power.”

“The Tea Party knows that continuing to delay charting a course to spending reform hurts everybody.”

“History has shown that Big Government expands quickest in the immediate aftermath of a crisis - real or manufactured.”

“It is difficult, if not impossible, to argue that laws written in the 1970s are adequate for today's intelligence challenges.”