There 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 AshcroftAn FBI agent ought to be able to surf the net and look for sites that instruct people how to make bombs.
John AshcroftWe 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.
John AshcroftUnique 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.
John Ashcroft