319 Quotes by John Ashcroft

The worst mistake a boss can make is not to say 'Well done'.

It is entirely fitting that we stand under this survival tree. This tree scarred by disaster, which has yet found a way to persevere. The wounds will never completely heal yet it continues to grow.

I would hope we would be able to develop an understanding of the current policies of the federal law enforcement agencies as they relate to racial profiling,

It may well be that we have opportunists in the United States or terrorists in the United States who are acting in ways that are unrelated.

We have taken for granted our northern border, with excellent friends we have in Canada,

We need to strengthen our analytic capacity in Washington, we need to centralize the anti-terrorism effort

It's pretty clear that the networks that conduct these kinds of events are harbored and supported, sustained, protected by a variety of foreign governments, ... And it's time for those governments to understand with crystal clarity that the United States of America will not tolerate that kind of support for networks that would inflict that kind of damage on the American people.

Well, I think the record is clear on it, ... I said that I didn't believe it was the agenda of the administration to unsettle what was settled law, and that, as the attorney general, I would be pursuing the agenda of the administration.

That quotation, ... was about my view that our party should set a clear agenda. I would expect others on the other side to come forward with a liberal agenda. It is in the collision of ideas -- that is the process by which we get legislation. Those differences enhance the quality of what we do.