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" We've got to understand that the whole nature of the way American democracy guards its freedom has been changed. "
John Ashcroft
Democracy
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" People who commit crimes should be responsible for those crimes. It doesn't matter whether they're priests or ministers or atheists. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" What we learned on September 11 is that the unthinkable is now thinkable in the world. "
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" We need to strengthen our analytic capacity in Washington, we need to centralize the anti-terrorism effort. "
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" I don't play full court anymore. I just play half-court. "
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" 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. "
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" The Internet provides very serious challenges to our ability to keep from children the kinds of things that are destructive to them. "
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" It doesn't help to wait until something happens and then prosecute the offenders, especially if it's the idea of the offender to extinguish himself in the commission of the crime. "
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" Nothing that we have authorized conflicts with any law regarding privacy or any provision of the constitution. "
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" The liberties and freedoms which we hold dear and we recognize and cherish and respect guide the way we gather information in the United States. "
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" An FBI agent ought to be able to surf the net and look for sites that instruct people how to make bombs. "
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Look
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" Prior to September 11, we thought the world beyond our shores was one world of risk and the world in our continent was another world of risk. "
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Beyond
Risk
" Reasonable regulations regarding the ownership of weapons are appropriate. "
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" The FBI has long been a part of the security for the nation's banks because bank robberies have been a priority. "
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Bank
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" The new rule says that the FBI has the right to go to public places on the same terms and conditions as other members of the public for counter-terrorism purposes. "
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Same
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" The path we have chosen is constitutional. "
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Chosen
Path
" The worst mistake a boss can make is not to say 'well done'. "
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Done
Say
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" 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. "
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" The way the terrorist is trained to operate, especially the suicide terrorists, makes punishment and the threat of punishment far less valuable to those who would prevent the crime. "
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" Nothing remains great without a capacity to change and to accommodate the conditions of a changing world. "
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World
Without
" It's a different world. "
John Ashcroft
World
Different
Different World