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

If America is to be great in the future, it will be if we understand that our source is not civic and temporal, but our source is godly and eternal.

Prior to September 11, we thought the world beyond our shores was one world of risk and the world in our continent was another world of risk

I don't play full court anymore. I just play half-court.

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

All of us want to have meaning in our lives and want to feel like we're doing something that makes a difference. I believe we're doing that in the Justice Department.

The liberties and freedoms which we hold dear and we recognize and cherish and respect guide the way we gather information in the United States