We Want To Be In Control Of

I Spent My Entire Career Trying To Protect The Constitution, The Civil Rights And The Civil Liberties Of American Citizens And People Who Are Here Lawfully. I, As Chair Of This Commission, Would Not Be A Party To Any System That I Felt Was An Unpardonable Intrusion Into The Private Lives Of People. If I Felt That What We Are Recommending Would Be Such An Intrusion I Can Assure You That Recommendation Would Never Have Seen The Light Of Day, Not Even As A Pilot Program.

We Call Ourselves Public Servants But I'll Tell You This: We As Public Servants Must Set An Example For The Rest Of The Nation. It Is Hypocritical For The Public Official To Admonish And Exhort The People To Uphold The Common Good.

We Want To Be In Control Of Our Lives. Whether We Are Jungle Fighters, Craftsmen, Company Men, Gamesmen, We Want To Be In Control. And When The Government Erodes That Control, We Are Not Comfortable.

We Cannot Improve On The System Of Government Handed Down To Us By The Founders Of The Republic. There Is No Way To Improve Upon That. But What We Can Do Is To Find New Ways To Implement That System And Realize Our Destiny.

We Believe That The People Are The Source Of All Governmental Power; That The Authority Of The People Is To Be Extended, Not Restricted.