John Ashcroft

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.

Nothing remains great without a capacity to change and to accommodate the conditions of a changing world.

What we learned on September 11 is that the unthinkable is now thinkable in the world.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.

Technology is characterized by constant change, rapid innovation, creative destruction, and revolutionary products.

I think it's obvious that democracy is something that is contagious, and it always has been.