John Ashcroft Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“The path we have chosen is constitutional.”

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

“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.”

“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 FBI. is a massive culture. It's been a culture that served America well, and it's been focused on prosecution. But what we need in terms of terrorism is prevention.”

“The new rule says that the FBI has the right to go to public places on the same terms and conditions as other members of the public for counter-terrorism purposes.”