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
suicide punishment way
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
children challenges serious
The Internet provides very serious challenges to our ability to keep from children the kinds of things that are destructive to them
jesus powerful blessing
Leaders select noble objectives and pursue them with such intensity that others join them. ... The greatest of all leaders from this perspective was Jesus Christ. ....May your choices be so powerful and magnetic that you'll draw people toward life (Duet. 30:19, ...therefore choose life.-) rather than death, blessing rather than cursing.
fighting rights citizens
The state's interest in effective crime-fighting should never vitiate the citizens' Bill of Rights.
civilization america our-world
A calculated, malignant, devastating evil has arisen in our world, ... Civilization cannot ignore the wrongs that have been done. America will not tolerate their being repeated. Justice has a new mission, a new calling against an old evil.
voice priorities should
Our priorities should be: recognizing the voice of God and responding to the voice of God.
hysteria air castles
The charges of the hysterics are revealed for what they are: castles in the air built on misrepresentation, supported by unfounded fear, held aloft by hysteria.
blessing opportunity scary
Frankly, the president, during the first opportunity I had to be in a Cabinet meeting, before we started the meeting, he said, Folks, before we begin this meeting, I'm going to call on General Ashcroft and ask him invite the wisdom and presence of God in what we do. And I thought to myself how ashamed I'd been that so many times in my life I had entered upon great important tasks and I had cheated myself and those that I had served of a blessing.
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.
weapons regulation ownership
Reasonable regulations regarding the ownership of weapons are appropriate
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.
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.
information usa-patriot-act bases
The Patriot Act allows and provides a basis for an exchange of information.
son christianity dies
Christianity is a faith in which God sent his Son to die for you.