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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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There is no priority higher than the prevention of terrorism
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Only God, no other kings!
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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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An FBI agent ought to be able to surf the net and look for sites that instruct people how to make bombs.
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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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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
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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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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
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I don't play full court anymore. I just play half-court.
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Simply put, international terrorism made international cooperation mandatory rather than elective. Collective security has become the only real security against the hydra-headed monster of international terror.
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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.
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The Patriot Act allows and provides a basis for an exchange of information.
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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
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The Internet provides very serious challenges to our ability to keep from children the kinds of things that are destructive to them
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What did John Ashcroft say about moderates, he said, quote, there are two things you find in the middle of the road, a moderate and a dead skunk and I don't want to be either.
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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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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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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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The state's interest in effective crime-fighting should never vitiate the citizens' Bill of Rights.
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