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• This view of the text comports with the all but unanimous understanding of the Founding Fathers.

  John Ashcroft

  Father, Views, Understanding

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• 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.

  John Ashcroft

  Two, Want, Middle

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• The objective of securing the safety of Americans from crime and terror has been achieved.

  John Ashcroft

  Safety, Crime, Terror

  "President Bush Nominates Alberto Gonzalez as Attorney General". Resignation letter to the president, www.pbs.org. November 10, 2004.

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• People want to see other people who have 'non-negotiables,' things for which they're willing to say, 'This is it' we take our stand right here.' That's a leadership quality which people respect.

  John Ashcroft

  People, Quality, Want

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• The transmission of values from one generation to the next is the single most important task of the society. ...What am I doing to shape the values of the society?

  John Ashcroft

  Important, Tasks, Generations

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• We must not descend to the level of those who perpetrated Tuesday's violence by targeting individuals based on their race, their religion, or their national origin. Such reports of violence and threats are in direct opposition to the very principles and laws of the United States and will not be tolerated.

  John Ashcroft

  Powerful, Race, Law

  "America Under Attack: Justice Department Briefing". CNN Live Event/Special, www.cnn.com. September 13, 2001.

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• 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 counterterrorism purposes.

  John Ashcroft

  Purpose, Terrorism, Members

  "Ashcroft defends FBI's Mueller". www.cnn.com. May 31, 2002.

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• The charges of the hysterics are revealed for what they are: castles in the air built on misrepresentation, supported by unfounded fear, held aloft by hysteria.

  John Ashcroft

  Air, Hysteria, Castles

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• There is a concern that the Internet could be used to commit crimes and that advanced encryption could disguise such activity. However, we do not provide the government with phone jacks outside our homes for unlimited wiretaps. Why, then, should we grant government the Orwellian capability to listen at will and in real time to our communications across the Web?

  John Ashcroft

  Real, Communication, Home

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• 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.

  John Ashcroft

  Blessing, Opportunity, Scary

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• Any citizen who's offended ... can leave the service.

  John Ashcroft

  Scary, Citizens, Offended

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• Simply put, international terrorism made international cooperation mandatory rather than elective. Collective security has become the only real security against the hydra-headed monster of international terror.

  John Ashcroft

  Real, Hydra, Monsters

  "Never Again: Securing America and Restoring Justice". Book by John Ashcroft, 2006.

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• How sad, that the group with the most access to the truth chose in several strategic instances to look the other way.

  John Ashcroft

  Groups, Looks, Way

  "Never Again: Securing America and Restoring Justice". Book by John Ashcroft, 2006.

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• For the first time in a long time, our leaders in Washington understand what Americans of all religious backgrounds have long held to be true: through faith, all things are possible.

  John Ashcroft

  Religious, Long, Leader

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• [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.

  John Ashcroft

  Religious, War, Choices

  "The gospel according to John (Ashcroft)" by Rob Morse, www.sfgate.com. February 22, 2002.

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• The goal of terror is not traditional territorial enlargement; rather the war target of the terrorist is the dismemberment of the will of the community it terrorizes.

  John Ashcroft

  War, Goal, Community

  "Never Again: Securing America and Restoring Justice". Book by John Ashcroft, 2006.

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