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
law privacy constitution
Nothing that we have authorized conflicts with any law regarding privacy or any provision of the constitution.
safety crime terror
The objective of securing the safety of Americans from crime and terror has been achieved,
two want said
What did John Ashcroft say about moderates, he said, quote, there are two things you find in the middle of the road, a moderate and a dead skunk and I don't want to be either,
father views understanding
This view of the text comports with the all but unanimous understanding of the Founding Fathers....
liberty information way
The liberties and freedoms which we hold dear and we recognize and cherish and respect guide the way we gather information in the United States
september-11 world unthinkable
What we learned on September 11 is that the unthinkable is now thinkable in the world
ideas waiting helping
It doesn't help to wait until something happens and then prosecute the offenders, especially if it's the idea of the offender to extinguish himself in the commission of the crime.
long priorities fbi
The FBI has long been a part of the security for the nation's banks because bank robberies have been a priority
effort needs terrorism
We need to strengthen our analytic capacity in Washington, we need to centralize the anti-terrorism effort
democracy way changed
We've got to understand that the whole nature of the way American democracy guards its freedom has been changed
atheist people matter
People who commit crimes should be responsible for those crimes. It doesn't matter whether they're priests or ministers or atheists.
mother father cooperation
If necessity is the mother of invention, it's the father of cooperation. And we're cooperating like never before.
play half court
I don't play full court anymore. I just play half-court.
powerful race law
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 national origin. Such reports of violence and threats are in direct opposition to the very principles and laws of the United States and will not be tolerated.