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 must embrace the power of faith, but we must never confuse politics and piety. For me, may I say that it is against my religion to impose my religion.
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Nothing remains great without a capacity to change and to accommodate the conditions of a changing world.
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The worst mistake a boss can make is not to say 'well done'.
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Just as the First and Fourth Amendment secure individual rights of speech and security respectively, the Second Amendment protects an individual right to keep and bear arms. This view of the text comports with the all but unanimous understanding of the Founding Fathers.
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To those who scare peace loving people with phantoms of lost liberty, my message is this: your tactics aid terrorists for they erode our national unity and diminish our resolve. They give ammunition to America's enemies and pause to America's friends.
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There is no priority higher than the prevention of terrorism
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I feel the best way to ensure Americans' freedom is to tighten restrictions on that freedom in any way possible. Only through wiretaps, illegal searches and seizures, unfettered government intrusion, a controlled media and a complete crackdown on free speech can we ensure the liberties of all people.
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We have to think outside the box, inside the Constitution, find ways to do things that will elevate our security, reduce the risk of the incidence of terrorist attack
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The FBI has already begun to update technology systems, improve information management, and provide more effective and timely accountability.
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I'm delighted to have the opportunity to get better acquainted with a variety of challenges faced by the Immigration and Naturalization Service, ... I look forward to working hard personally so that these challenges will be better met and America can better respond to its responsibilities as it relates to citizens of this country.
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I know the difference between enacting and enforcing the law, ... It means advancing the nation's interest, not advocating my personal interest.
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the greatest law enforcement agency in the world.
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The indictment filed today means that next week's five-year anniversary of this tragedy will come with some assurance to victims' family members and to the wounded that they are not and will not be forgotten,
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The indictment explains that elements of the Iranian government inspired, supported and supervised members of Saudi Hezbollah, ... In particular, the indictment alleges that the charged defendants reported their surveillance activities to Iranian officials and were supported and directed in those activities by Iranian officials.