319 Quotes by John Ashcroft

[Ashcroft vowed to] spare no effort to preserve the rights of all our citizens to pledge allegiance to the American flag.

Corrupt corporate executives are no better than common thieves when they betray employees and investors,

missed the opportunity last night to rebuild his moral authority and regain his credibility.

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.

Mr. Walker is an adult who made very serious decisions against the United States ... , ... No other individual has a right to impose an attorney on him or to choose an attorney for him.

And you could as a result of that information be provided a visa which will allow you to be in the United States, allow you if necessary to work in the United States and provide a basis for your someday becoming a citizen.

Doing what is right in the face of adversity is not always easy or popular. Critics may assail you, but the critics don't always realize what they don't know or don't understand, because they don't have access to all the information.

And we seek to hold them as suspected terrorists,

Of course any time you do a good job you have the enhanced capacity to campaign effectively,