John Ashcroft
John Ashcroft
John David Ashcroftis an American attorney and politician who served as the 79th U.S. Attorney General, in the George W. Bush Administration. He later founded The Ashcroft Group, a Washington D.C. lobbying firm...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPublic Servant
Date of Birth9 May 1942
CountryUnited States of America
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We always have to be careful that the rights which America stands for are not sacrificed,
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We're going to do what we need to do to protect the American people.
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In order to let those people go back to their ordinary course of operations, their other duties, we've asked that we get several hundred National Guard people to help us with inspections at the border,
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I regret to inform you that we are today sending our troops into the modern field of battle with antique weapons. It is not a prescription for victory,
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illegal steroid use calls into question not only the integrity of the athletes who use them but also the integrity of the sports that those athletes play.
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I think our foreign policy tiger has too few teeth, ... We've been able to raise some issues, but we haven't been able to get any results.
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But, ... I know the difference between enactment and enforcement.
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begin a new era of cooperation and coordination in defending America's homeland.
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In virtually every case, we make an assessment of how do we protect the people of the United States best, ... It may be there are persons who are both enemy combatants and susceptible to criminal prosecution.
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If the president has subverted that system which he was sworn to uphold, any president in that situation, I believe, would be susceptible to impeachment, you know, in my view, any president should consider resigning,
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There hasn't been any evidence of abuse, according to the most recent statements I've seen out of the Congress, ... And of course, I don't believe we've had any abuse here.
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We will bring them to justice or we will take justice to them,
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The president is willing to back his action up with appropriate resources so we can get the job done,
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But Justice decided this was a big deal and that the first word should come from the attorney general,