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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 worst mistake a boss can make is not to say 'well done'.
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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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The state's interest in effective crime-fighting should never vitiate the citizens' Bill of Rights.
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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.
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Any citizen who's offended ... can leave the service.
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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.
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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 objective of securing the safety of Americans from crime and terror has been achieved.
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People who commit crimes should be responsible for those crimes. It doesn't matter whether they're priests or ministers or atheists.
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This view of the text comports with the all but unanimous understanding of the Founding Fathers.
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