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.

Quote by John Ashcroft

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The FBI. is a massive culture. It's been a culture that served America well, and...

The FBI. is a massive culture. It's been a culture that served America well, and...

It's a different world.

It's a different world.

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

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

The path we have chosen is constitutional.

The path we have chosen is constitutional.

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

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

I don't play full court anymore. I just play half-court.

I don't play full court anymore. I just play half-court.

There is no priority higher than the prevention of terrorism.

There is no priority higher than the prevention of terrorism.

If necessity is the mother of invention, it's the father of cooperation. And we're cooperating...

If necessity is the mother of invention, it's the father of cooperation. And we're cooperating...

An FBI agent ought to be able to surf the net and look for sites...

An FBI agent ought to be able to surf the net and look for sites...

We are a nation called to defend freedom - a tradition that is not a...

We are a nation called to defend freedom - a tradition that is not a...

Nothing remains great without a capacity to change and to accommodate the conditions of a...

Nothing remains great without a capacity to change and to accommodate the conditions of a...

We have to think outside the box, inside the Constitution, find ways to do things...

We have to think outside the box, inside the Constitution, find ways to do things...

It doesn't help to wait until something happens and then prosecute the offenders, especially if...

It doesn't help to wait until something happens and then prosecute the offenders, especially if...

The Internet provides very serious challenges to our ability to keep from children the kinds...

The Internet provides very serious challenges to our ability to keep from children the kinds...

The way the terrorist is trained to operate, especially the suicide terrorists, makes punishment and...

The way the terrorist is trained to operate, especially the suicide terrorists, makes punishment and...

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

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

The Patriot Act allows and provides a basis for an exchange of information.

The Patriot Act allows and provides a basis for an exchange of information.

We've got to understand that the whole nature of the way American democracy guards its...

We've got to understand that the whole nature of the way American democracy guards its...

Gents need to be free to pursue investigations in ways that they haven't. There have...

Gents need to be free to pursue investigations in ways that they haven't. There have...

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

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