John Ashcroft Quotes on Terrorism (25 Quotes)

This network of terrorism is a threat. It's a current threat to the United States as well as the rest of the world.

As today's indictment makes clear, the Department of Justice will prosecute those who jeopardize the nation's security by mishandling classified, sensitive information important to the war on terrorism,

Terrorism and drugs go together like rats and the plague, ... They feed off each other.

He's established a reformation which will allow us to consolidate the terrorism information in Washington, to see where these pieces fit together, to use the electronic analysis, the data processing as well as human analysis, to get that done.

We believe there are substantial risks of terrorism still in the United States of America,

fit the criteria of people who might have information regarding terrorism.

Our laws governing terrorism should reflect the priority that the American people give to the fight against terrorism, ... And the American people expect us to give this fight the highest priority.

for its outstanding assistance to the United States and the world in the fight against terrorism.

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.

The principal mission of the National Security Coordination Council will be to ensure a more seamless coordination of all functions of the department relating to national security, particularly our efforts to combat terrorism,

It is a disturbing and shocking view into the mindset of these terrorists, ... The letter provides instructions to the terrorists to be carried out both prior to and during the terrorist attacks.

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.

This brutal act of terrorism killed 168 innocent people, including 19 children, and injured hundreds more. Its savagery stole parents from 219 children and made 30 children orphans in a single act,

There is no priority higher than the prevention of terrorism.

The prevention of terrorism is the best response we can possibly make, ... And the best friend of prevention is information.

The valuable assistance of Germany in this matter demonstrates that the war on terrorism is global, and together we will work with our allies to ensure that terrorist acts are prevented and that justice is done,

The war is broader on terrorism than simply a war to eradicate specific individuals responsible for the terrorist acts of September 11.

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.

We have to learn to work together to assemble the information when possible to prevent terrorism, ... We must share information aggressively, and we must carry out the mission of prevention.

Calling the new plan the responsible cooperators program, ... We want the kind of responsible people who would help us in the war against terrorism.

If you have information which is reliable information and useful to us in preventing terrorism and apprehending those who are involved in terrorist activities, bring it to the FBI, or if you are overseas, to an embassy,

We have ruled out neither international terrorism nor domestic terrorism,

Secondly, I did never speak to him saying that I did not want to hear about terrorism,

expand our knowledge of terrorist networks operating within the United States.

According to these breathless reports and baseless hysteria, some have convinced the American Library Association that under the bipartisan Patriot Act, the FBI is not fighting terrorism. Instead agents are checking how far you have gotten on the latest Tom Clancy novel,