John Ashcroft Quotes & Sayings

26 most famous John Ashcroft quotes and sayings. These are the first 10 quotes we have for him. He's an 82 year old American public servant born on May 9, 1942.

“There is no priority higher than the prevention of terrorism.”

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

“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.”

“What we learned on September 11 is that the unthinkable is now thinkable in the world.”

“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.”

“If necessity is the mother of invention, it's the father of cooperation. And we're cooperating like never before.”

“An FBI agent ought to be able to surf the net and look for sites that instruct people how to make bombs.”

“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.”

“It doesn't help to wait until something happens and then prosecute the offenders, especially if it's the idea of the offender to extinguish himself in the commission of the crime.”