We're going to protect and honor the Constitution, and I don't have the authority to set it aside.... If I had the authority to set it aside, this would be a dangerous government, and I wouldn't respect it. — John Ashcroft Copy Share Image
An FBI agent ought to be able to surf the net and look for sites that instruct people how to make bombs. — John Ashcroft Copy Share Image
The FBI has long been a part of the security for the nation's banks because bank robberies have been a priority — John Ashcroft Copy Share Image
Our priorities should be: recognizing the voice of God and responding to the voice of God. — John Ashcroft Copy Share Image
People who commit crimes should be responsible for those crimes. It doesn't matter whether they're priests or ministers or atheists. — John Ashcroft Copy Share Image
I decided this early on at Justice: if the traditional way was the most effective way of doing something, then we'd maintain it. But… — John Ashcroft Copy Share Image
We must not descend to the level of those who perpetrated Tuesday's violence by targeting individuals based on their race, their religion, or their… — John Ashcroft Copy Share Image
We've got a major problem in our culture, as it relates to the Internet and pornography and child pornography. — John Ashcroft Copy Share Image
The FBI. is a massive culture. It's been a culture that served America well, and it's been focused on prosecution. But what we need… — John Ashcroft Copy Share Image
I feel the best way to ensure Americans' freedom is to tighten restrictions on that freedom in any way possible. Only through wiretaps, illegal… — John Ashcroft Copy Share Image
Frankly, the president, during the first opportunity I had to be in a Cabinet meeting, before we started the meeting, he said, Folks, before… — John Ashcroft Copy Share Image
Nothing remains great without a capacity to change and to accommodate the conditions of a changing world. — John Ashcroft Copy Share Image
