Christianity is a faith in which God sent his Son to die for you.

We need to strengthen our analytic capacity in Washington, we need to centralize the anti-terrorism effort

There is no priority higher than the prevention of terrorism

The way the terrorist is trained to operate, especially the suicide terrorists, makes punishment and the threat of punishment far less valuable to those who would prevent the crime

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

Frankly, 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.

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