319 Quotes by John Ashcroft

Reasonable regulations regarding the ownership of weapons are appropriate.

The FBI. is a massive culture. It’s been a culture that served America well, and it’s been focused on prosecution. But what we need in terms of terrorism is prevention.

We’ve got to understand that the whole nature of the way American democracy guards its freedom has been changed.

This view of the text comports with the all but unanimous understanding of the Founding Fathers...

We have to think outside the box, inside the Constitution, find ways to do things that will elevate our security, reduce the risk of the incidence of terrorist attack.

I don’t play full court anymore. I just play half-court.

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.

The FBI has long been a part of the security for the nation’s banks because bank robberies have been a priority.

Agents need to be free to pursue investigations in ways that they haven’t. There have been restraints that a reformed FBI needs to make sure we don’t impose.