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The objective of securing the safety of Americans from crime and terror has been achieved.

John Ashcroft

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John Ashcroft
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: May 9
Former Governor Of Missouri
Lawyer
Musician
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Chicago
Illinois
John David Ashcroft
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I don't play full court anymore. I just play half-court.
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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 state's interest in effective crime-fighting should never vitiate the citizens' Bill of Rights.
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Nothing that we have authorized conflicts with any law regarding privacy or any provision of the constitution.
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To those who scare peace loving people with phantoms of lost liberty, my message is this: your tactics aid terrorists for they erode our national unity and diminish our resolve. They give ammunition to America's enemies and pause to America's friends.
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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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Only God, no other kings!
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This view of the text comports with the all but unanimous understanding of the Founding Fathers.
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