Law-abiding citizens value privacy. Terrorists require invisibility. The two are not the same, and they should not be confused.

Quote by Richard Perle

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The lax multiculturalism that urges Americans to accept the unacceptable from their fellow citizens is...

The lax multiculturalism that urges Americans to accept the unacceptable from their fellow citizens is...

Few governments in the world, for example, praise human rights more ardently than does the...

Few governments in the world, for example, praise human rights more ardently than does the...

Right now, American law bars the admission of aliens suspected of terrorist activity - but...

Right now, American law bars the admission of aliens suspected of terrorist activity - but...

In time, all of Korea will be united in liberty.

In time, all of Korea will be united in liberty.

Dictators must have enemies. They must have internal enemies to justify their secret police and...

Dictators must have enemies. They must have internal enemies to justify their secret police and...

The same European governments that hesitated to confront terrorists were more than prepared to oppose...

The same European governments that hesitated to confront terrorists were more than prepared to oppose...

There is no doubt that, with the exception of a very small number of people...

There is no doubt that, with the exception of a very small number of people...

No operational commander should have to assign a soldier a task that could be done...

No operational commander should have to assign a soldier a task that could be done...

The jealousy and resentment that animate the terrorists also affect many of our former cold...

The jealousy and resentment that animate the terrorists also affect many of our former cold...

We must do our utmost to preserve our British ally's strategic independence from Europe.

We must do our utmost to preserve our British ally's strategic independence from Europe.

We may be so eager to protect the right to dissent that we lose sight...

We may be so eager to protect the right to dissent that we lose sight...

National sovereignty is an obligation as well as an entitlement. A government that will not...

National sovereignty is an obligation as well as an entitlement. A government that will not...

Dictatorships start wars because they need external enemies to exert internal control over their own...

Dictatorships start wars because they need external enemies to exert internal control over their own...

But if the UN cannot or will not revise its rules in ways that establish...

But if the UN cannot or will not revise its rules in ways that establish...

Sometimes the things we have to do are objectionable in the eyes of others.

Sometimes the things we have to do are objectionable in the eyes of others.

We should force European governments to choose between Paris and Washington.

We should force European governments to choose between Paris and Washington.

To stop terrorists before the strike, we must do three things: deny them entry into...

To stop terrorists before the strike, we must do three things: deny them entry into...

Non-citizen terrorist suspects are not members of the American national community, and they have no...

Non-citizen terrorist suspects are not members of the American national community, and they have no...

Law-abiding citizens value privacy. Terrorists require invisibility. The two are not the same, and they...

Law-abiding citizens value privacy. Terrorists require invisibility. The two are not the same, and they...

Acknowledge that a more closely integrated Europe is no longer an unqualified American interest.

Acknowledge that a more closely integrated Europe is no longer an unqualified American interest.