John Ashcroft Law Quotations

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

Right now it's against the law for an employer to allow a family member to take an hour off on Friday afternoon to see his daughter get an award at the high school and make up that hour on Monday,

Many of these individuals and groups believed the digital age and the Internet allowed them to operate without fear of detection or criminal sanction, ... Today, law enforcement in the U.S. and around the world proved them wrong.

For me, the law is about the promise of justice, ... All men and all women, all people are equal.

I am grateful for the opportunity to announce this unprecedented agreement between the Justice Department and the city of Cincinnati that improves law enforcement and helps prevent the kind of tragic deaths of citizens and police officers that have caused so much pain in Cincinnati during the past several years,

Just as neighborhood watch programs keep watch over their neighborhoods and report suspicious activity to law enforcement, Internet users now have a 'cyber community watch' program,

Today U.S. law enforcement initiated the most aggressive enforcement action to date against illegal software piracy,

I would hope we would be able to develop an understanding of the current policies of the federal law enforcement agencies as they relate to racial profiling,

We need to find ways to share as much information with individuals as is possible to make every American, whether they are in an industry or business or in law enforcement or in their families, capable of enhancing their security by being aware and alert,

We are alerting law enforcement and financial institutions and the American people to be vigilant and to be aware of anything that appears suspicious,

Tragically, this decision of the court to reverse Congress' prohibition of 'virtual' child pornography has left law enforcement at an extreme disadvantage in the campaign against all child pornography,

President-elect Bush, you have my word that I will administer the Department of Justice with integrity, I will advise your administration with integrity, and I will enforce the law with integrity, ... embraces the job without any reservation.

A failure by the administration to use U.S. law now to secure American rights would be an outrage,

It needs to stop, ... Every American has a right to look to law enforcement officials to protect their rights.

the greatest law enforcement agency in the world.

We are very eager to move forward on this directive of the president of the United States and to participate in its fulfillment, ... I believe we will enhance law enforcement to the extent that we can build and expand upon the trust of individuals.

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.

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.