Senator Obama in 2008 wanted to track potential terrorist activity "without undermining our commitment to the rule of law, or our basic rights and liberties".
Later, supporting an amendment that he believed repealed retroactive immunity from Fisa, Senator Obama said in February 2008: "We can give our intelligence and law enforcement community the powers they need to track down and take out terrorists without undermining our commitment to the rule of law, or our basic rights and liberties".
Liberal Democrats in government will not allow the Tories to undermine our commitment to the environment, hurt the fuel-poor or destroy our renewable energy industry.
"I believe society must first determine if its endorsement of violence begets violence, and if violence undermines our commitment to the sanctity of life.
Attempts to undermine our commitment to spend 0.7% of national income on aid will be met with dismay by many, as will trade negotiations that seek to privilege UK interests over those of poor countries and communities.
In an ambitious and sweeping speech urging modern Europe to remember its emergence from division, war and hatred, the US president said: "We cannot allow fears about security and inequality to undermine our commitment to universal values.
According to critics of transhumanism, this way of thinking reduces the identities of people to their genotypes, and undermines our commitment to the moral equality of people despite their biological diversity (Asch and Block 2011).
As Senator Rockefeller has said, "Slashing this [Medicaid] program or placing an arbitrary, hard cap on funding would undermine our commitment to the American people".
And now in the aftermath of the Paris terrorist attacks, we're relearning that lesson again as some of our leaders put forth proposals that would undermine our commitment to a free, pluralistic, compassionate, and open society.
Unfortunately, some leaders, including presidential candidates, are calling for security measures that would undermine our commitment to religious freedom and beat back decades of slow, painful progress towards ethnic inclusion.
While China is building the world's fastest computer, Romney and all the major Republican presidential candidates endorsed the same budget that would permanently undermine our commitment to scientific research.
