#6. “I believe we owe it to the Nation, we owe it to those who fought for our civil liberties, we owe it to the future and our children to make sure that we craft the kind of legislation that would make us proud, not just legislation that we would settle for because we’re in a rush. We don’t have to settle for a PATRIOT Act that sacrifices our liberties or our safety.” — Barack Obama, 2005
Which is why he refused to sign reauthorizations of– nevermind.
