We have to think outside the box, inside the Constitution, find ways to do things that will elevate our security, reduce the risk of the incidence of terrorist attack.

More Quotes by John Ashcroft

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

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

It's a different world.

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

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.

Agents need to be free to pursue investigations in ways that they haven't. There have been restraints that a reformed FBI needs to make sure we don't impose.