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
priorities prevention terrorism
There is no priority higher than the prevention of terrorism
father gun rights
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.
wall law community
By tearing down the wall between law enforcement and the intelligence community, we have been able to share information in a way that was virtually impossible before the Patriot Act.
risk september-11 world
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
responsibility doe care
A trustee has a responsibility to guard the assets of others with a higher degree of care than he does his own.
quitting embarrassing knocked-down
To me, failure is not fatal unless you quit; getting knocked down is not embarrassing unless you allow it to keep you down.
jesus kings character
Unique among the nations, America recognized the source of our character as being godly and eternal, not being civic and temporal. And because we have understood that our source is eternal, America has been different. We have no king but Jesus.
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.
scary may embrace
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.
brother communication keys
Every medium by which people communicate can be subject to exploitation by those with illegal intentions. Nevertheless, this is no reason to hand Big Brother the keys to unlock our e-mail diaries, open our ATM records, read our medical records, or translate our international communications.
christian people dignity
Civilized people - Muslims, Christians and Jews - all understand that the source of freedom and human dignity is the Creator.
kings liberty
Only God, no other kings!