What did John Ashcroft say about moderates, he said, quote, there are two things you find in the middle of the road, a moderate and a dead skunk and I don't want to be either.

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

We 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.

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.

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

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

[The war on terrorism isn't a religious war, but] a defense of our right to make moral choices, to seek fellowship with God that is chosen and not commanded.