What we learned on September 11 is that the unthinkable is now thinkable in the world

If necessity is the mother of invention, it's the father of cooperation. And we're cooperating like never before.

I feel the best way to ensure Americans' freedom is to tighten restrictions on that freedom in any way possible. Only through wiretaps, illegal searches and seizures, unfettered government intrusion, a controlled media and a complete crackdown on free speech can we ensure the liberties of all people.

People who commit crimes should be responsible for those crimes. It doesn't matter whether they're priests or ministers or atheists.

[Ashcroft vowed to] spare no effort to preserve the rights of all our citizens to pledge allegiance to the American flag.

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

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