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John David Ashcroft (born May 9, 1942) is an American lawyer and former politician who served as the 79th U.S. Attorney General (2001–2005), in the George W. Bush Administration. He later founded The Ashcroft Group, a Washington D.C. lobbying firm.

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If America is to be great in the future, it will be if we understand that our source is not civic and temporal, but our source is godly and eternal.

America, Civic, Godly, Scary, Understand

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.

War, Goal, Community, Terrorizes, Terror, Terrorist

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

Cooperation, Father, Invention, Like, Mother, Necessity

We've got to understand that the whole nature of the way American democracy guards its freedom has been changed

Changed, Democracy, Understand, Way, Whole

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.

Blessing, Opportunity, Scary, Cabinet, Wisdom

Leaders select noble objectives and pursue them with such intensity that others join them. . . . The greatest of all leaders from this perspective was Jesus Christ. . . . . May your choices be so powerful and magnetic that you'll draw people toward life (Duet. 30:19,. . . therefore choose life. -) rather than death, blessing rather than cursing.

Blessing, Greatest, Intensity, Jesus, Magnetic, Powerful

The Internet provides very serious challenges to our ability to keep from children the kinds of things that are destructive to them

Challenges, Children, Destructive, Internet, Kinds, Serious

Doing what is right in the face of adversity is not always easy or popular. Critics may assail you, but the critics don't always realize what they don't know or don't understand, because they don't have access to all the information.

Adversity, Critics, Easy, Information, May

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?

Generation, Generations, Important, Shape, Single, Tasks

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

Crime, Prevent, Punishment, Suicide, Valuable, Way

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.

People, Quality, Want, Things, Willing, Say

To me, failure is not fatal unless you quit; getting knocked down is not embarrassing unless you allow it to keep you down.

Allow, Embarrassing, Knocked, Knocked Down, Quitting, Unless

Prior to September 11, we thought the world beyond our shores was one world of risk and the world in our continent was another world of risk

Risk, September 11, Shores, World

I think all we should legislate is morality.

Thinking, Morality, Should, Think, Legislate

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

Guide, Hold, Liberty, Recognize, United States, Usa

Unique among the nations, America recognized the source of our character as being godly and eternal, not being civic and temporal. And because we have understood that our source is eternal, America has been different. We have no king but Jesus.

Character, Different, Godly, Jesus, Kings, Temporal

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

Boss, Business, Done, Mistake, Worst

The FBI has long been a part of the security for the nation's banks because bank robberies have been a priority

Fbi, Long, Priorities, Priority, Robberies, Security

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?

Communication, Home, Listen, Real, Unlimited, Wiretaps

By tearing down the wall between law enforcement and the intelligence community, we have been able to share information in a way that was virtually impossible before the Patriot Act.

Act, Community, Intelligence, Law, Wall

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