John Ashcroft Rights Quotations

We always have to be careful that the rights which America stands for are not sacrificed,

Some people fail to understand that security is designed to secure something, and what we are securing are the rights of individuals, ... Larry King Live.

People who interfere with the exercise of constitutionally protected rights should be the focus of attention by prosecutorial authorities,

Our American system of justice will allow Walker the rights and due process that the terrorists he fought side by side with sought, and still seek, to destroy.

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

So, rather than security being something that challenges rights and that diminishes rights, security makes those rights safe and strong.

Just as the First and Fourth Amendment secure individual rights of speech and security respectively, the Second Amendment protects an individual right to keep and bear arms. This view of the text comports with the all but unanimous understanding of the Founding Fathers.

The state's interest in effective crime-fighting should never vitiate the citizens' Bill of Rights.

[Ashcroft vowed to] spare no effort to preserve the rights of all our citizens to pledge allegiance to the American flag.

Among these reasons was the impact of the crime on thousands of victims, ... We are committed not only to carrying out justice in this case but also to ensure that the rights of the victims are protected.