The way the terrorist is trained to operate, especially the suicide terrorists, makes punishment and the threat of punishment far less valuable… — John Ashcroft Copy Share Image
The goal of terror is not traditional territorial enlargement; rather the war target of the terrorist is the dismemberment of the will… — John Ashcroft Copy Share Image
Simply put, international terrorism made international cooperation mandatory rather than elective. Collective security has become the only real security against the hydra-headed… — John Ashcroft Copy Share Image
Prior to September 11, we thought the world beyond our shores was one world of risk and the world in our continent… — John Ashcroft Copy Share Image
What we learned on September 11 is that the unthinkable is now thinkable in the world — 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
Unique among the nations, America recognized the source of our character as being godly and eternal, not being civic and temporal. And because we… — John Ashcroft Copy Share Image
What did John Ashcroft say about moderates, he said, quote, there are two things you find in the middle of the road, a moderate… — John Ashcroft Copy Share Image
We must embrace the power of faith, but we must never confuse politics and piety. For me, may I say that it is against… — John Ashcroft Copy Share Image
