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

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.

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

The transmission of values from one generation to the next is the single most important task of the society. ...What am I doing to shape the values of the society?

The state's interest in effective crime-fighting should never vitiate the citizens' Bill of Rights.

We are a nation called to defend freedom - a tradition that is not a grant of any government or document, but is an endowment from God.

Frankly, the president, during the first opportunity I had to be in a Cabinet meeting, before we started the meeting, he said, Folks, before we begin this meeting, I'm going to call on General Ashcroft and ask him invite the wisdom and presence of God in what we do. And I thought to myself how ashamed I'd been that so many times in my life I had entered upon great important tasks and I had cheated myself and those that I had served of a blessing.