John Ashcroft Quotes

The worst mistake a boss can make is not to say 'well done'.
John Ashcroft

Done, Boss, Worst

People who commit crimes should be responsible for those crimes. It doesn't matter whether they're priests or ministers or atheists.
John Ashcroft

Matter, Whether, Commit

An FBI agent ought to be able to surf the net and look for sites that instruct people how to make bombs.
John Ashcroft

Able, Agent, Sites

We've got to understand that the whole nature of the way American democracy guards its freedom has been changed.
John Ashcroft

Nature, Freedom, Democracy

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.
John Ashcroft

Free, Sure, Needs

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.
John Ashcroft

Justice, Makes, Lives

I don't play full court anymore. I just play half-court.
John Ashcroft

Play, Full, Anymore

If necessity is the mother of invention, it's the father of cooperation. And we're cooperating like never before.
John Ashcroft

Mother, Father, Before

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.
John Ashcroft

Help, Wait, Idea

It's a different world.
John Ashcroft

Nothing remains great without a capacity to change and to accommodate the conditions of a changing world.
John Ashcroft

Change, Great, Nothing

Nothing that we have authorized conflicts with any law regarding privacy or any provision of the constitution.
John Ashcroft

Nothing, Law, Privacy

Prior to September 11, we thought the world beyond our shores was one world of risk and the world in our continent was another world of risk.
John Ashcroft

Thought, Another, Risk

Reasonable regulations regarding the ownership of weapons are appropriate.
John Ashcroft

Reasonable, Weapons, Ownership

The FBI has long been a part of the security for the nation's banks because bank robberies have been a priority.
John Ashcroft

Long, Nation, Security

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 in terms of terrorism is prevention.
John Ashcroft

America, Culture, Terrorism

The Internet provides very serious challenges to our ability to keep from children the kinds of things that are destructive to them.
John Ashcroft

Children, Serious, Keep

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.
John Ashcroft

Respect, United, Hold

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.
John Ashcroft

Same, Public, Rule

The path we have chosen is constitutional.
John Ashcroft

The Patriot Act allows and provides a basis for an exchange of information.
John Ashcroft

Act, Patriot, Exchange

The way the terrorist is trained to operate, especially the suicide terrorists, makes punishment and the threat of punishment far less valuable to those who would prevent the crime.
John Ashcroft

Far, Makes, Less

There is no priority higher than the prevention of terrorism.
John Ashcroft

Terrorism, Priority, Higher

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.
John Ashcroft

Find, Risk, Security

We need to strengthen our analytic capacity in Washington, we need to centralize the anti-terrorism effort.
John Ashcroft

Effort, Washington, Capacity

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Public Servant

Born: May 9, 1942

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