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
purpose terrorism members
The new rule says that the FBI has the right to go to public places on the same terms and conditions as other members of the public for counter-terrorism purposes.
scary citizens offended
Any citizen who's offended ... can leave the service.
religious war scary
[The war on terrorism isn't a religious war, but] a defense of our right to make moral choices, to seek fellowship with God that is chosen and not commanded.
godly america scary
If America is to be great in the future, it will be if we understand that our source is not civic and temporal, but our source is godly and eternal.
rights effort scary
[Ashcroft vowed to] spare no effort to preserve the rights of all our citizens to pledge allegiance to the American flag.
government scary honor
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.
information usa-patriot-act bases
The Patriot Act allows and provides a basis for an exchange of information.
believe differences justice
All of us want to have meaning in our lives and want to feel like we're doing something that makes a difference. I believe we're doing that in the Justice Department.
adversity may information
Doing what is right in the face of adversity is not always easy or popular. Critics may assail you, but the critics don't always realize what they don't know or don't understand, because they don't have access to all the information.
agents way needs
Agents need to be free to pursue investigations in ways that they haven't. There have been restraints that a reformed FBI needs to make sure we don't impose.
weapons regulation ownership
Reasonable regulations regarding the ownership of weapons are appropriate
real hydra monsters
Simply put, international terrorism made international cooperation mandatory rather than elective. Collective security has become the only real security against the hydra-headed monster of international terror.
important redemption involved
There's nothing more rewarding or important than to be involved in God's work of redemption.
looks way groups
How sad, that the group with the most access to the truth chose in several strategic instances to look the other way.