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.

Quote by John Ashcroft

Topics: John Ashcroft Quotes

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 liberties and freedoms which we hold dear and we recognize and cherish and respect...

The liberties and freedoms which we hold dear and we recognize and cherish and respect...

It's a different world.

It's a different world.

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...

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...

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...

We've got a major problem in our culture, as it relates to the Internet and...

We've got a major problem in our culture, as it relates to the Internet and...

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.

The FBI has long been a part of the security for the nation's banks because...

The FBI has long been a part of the security for the nation's banks because...

The path we have chosen is constitutional.

The path we have chosen is constitutional.

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...

People who commit crimes should be responsible for those crimes. It doesn't matter whether they're...

People who commit crimes should be responsible for those crimes. It doesn't matter whether they're...

There is no priority higher than the prevention of terrorism.

There is no priority higher than the prevention of terrorism.

Prior to September 11, we thought the world beyond our shores was one world of...

Prior to September 11, we thought the world beyond our shores was one world of...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...