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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.

John Ashcroft

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John Ashcroft
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: May 9
Former Governor Of Missouri
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John David Ashcroft
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The state's interest in effective crime-fighting should never vitiate the citizens' Bill of Rights.
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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.
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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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This view of the text comports with the all but unanimous understanding of the Founding Fathers.
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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.
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Only God, no other kings!
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Any citizen who's offended ... can leave the service.
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[Ashcroft vowed to] spare no effort to preserve the rights of all our citizens to pledge allegiance to the American flag.
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If necessity is the mother of invention, it's the father of cooperation. And we're cooperating like never before.
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We need to strengthen our analytic capacity in Washington, we need to centralize the anti-terrorism effort
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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.
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There's nothing more rewarding or important than to be involved in God's work of redemption.
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Do not allow your sorrow or your rage to become hostility toward people on the basis of their ethnicity or their religious views. That is unacceptable it is out of bounds, and if you break the law, we will prosecute you for it.
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We've got to understand that the whole nature of the way American democracy guards its freedom has been changed
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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 counterterrorism purposes.
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Our priorities should be: recognizing the voice of God and responding to the voice of God.
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The Patriot Act allows and provides a basis for an exchange of information.
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The objective of securing the safety of Americans from crime and terror has been achieved.
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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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