Frankly, the president, during the first opportunity I had to be in a Cabinet meeting, before we started the meeting, he said,… — 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… — 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… — John Ashcroft Copy Share Image
We are a nation called to defend freedom - a tradition that is not a grant of any government or document, but… — John Ashcroft Copy Share Image
We're going to protect and honor the Constitution, and I don't have the authority to set it aside.... If I had the… — John Ashcroft Copy Share Image
If America is to be great in the future, it will be if we understand that our source is not civic and… — John Ashcroft Copy Share Image
For the first time in a long time, our leaders in Washington understand what Americans of all religious backgrounds have long held… — John Ashcroft Copy Share Image
[The war on terrorism isn't a religious war, but] a defense of our right to make moral choices, to seek fellowship with… — John Ashcroft Copy Share Image
[Ashcroft vowed to] spare no effort to preserve the rights of all our citizens to pledge allegiance to the American flag. — 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