John Ashcroft Acts Quotations

It is essential that I have the authority to quickly discipline or terminate individuals for acts of negligence, mismanagement or disregard for Department of Justice policies,

We will find the people responsible for these cowardly acts and justice will be done,

We will expend every effort and devote all the necessary resources to bring the people responsible for these acts -- these crimes -- to justice,

as a delaying tactic to try to shield the details of unofficial acts having nothing to do with national security, but everything to do with Mr. Clinton's personal legal problems.

Individuals who commit treasonous acts against the United States will be held fully accountable,

The magnitude and nature of these attacks -- the coordination, the sophistication of these attacks -- indicate to me that they are not sort of random acts by people who are just angry. These are long, prolonged, planned activities.

These heinous acts of violence are an assault on the security of our nation. They are an assault on the security and the freedom of every American citizen, ... We will not tolerate such acts.