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

The worst mistake a boss can make is not to say 'well done'.

Nothing that we have authorized conflicts with any law regarding privacy or any provision of the constitution.

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.

Agents need to be free to pursue investigations in ways that they haven't. There have been restraints that a reformed FBI needs to make sure we don't impose.

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.

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