If necessity is the mother of invention, it's the father of cooperation. And we're cooperating like never before.
John AshcroftThe liberties and freedoms which we hold dear and we recognize and cherish and respect guide the way we gather information in the United States
John AshcroftFrankly, 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.
John AshcroftThis view of the text comports with the all but unanimous understanding of the Founding Fathers.
John Ashcroft