We've got to understand that the whole nature of the way American democracy guards its freedom has been changed
John AshcroftThe 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?
John AshcroftAgents 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.
John AshcroftThere is a concern that the Internet could be used to commit crimes and that advanced encryption could disguise such activity. However, we do not provide the government with phone jacks outside our homes for unlimited wiretaps. Why, then, should we grant government the Orwellian capability to listen at will and in real time to our communications across the Web?
John Ashcroft