Our priorities should be: recognizing the voice of God and responding to the voice of God.

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

Nothing remains great without a capacity to change and to accommodate the conditions of a changing world.

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?

People want to see other people who have 'non-negotiables,' things for which they're willing to say, 'This is it' we take our stand right here.' That's a leadership quality which people respect.

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.

Every medium by which people communicate can be subject to exploitation by those with illegal intentions. Nevertheless, this is no reason to hand Big Brother the keys to unlock our e-mail diaries, open our ATM records, read our medical records, or translate our international communications.