Ashcroft Quotes

People like Richard Ashcroft and Morrissey (Steven Patrick Morrissey) are brilliant but when there`s a band there`s a little bit of spark there; a bit of tension maybe that makes it work.

If the evens of September 11, 2001, have proven anything, it`s that the terrorists can attack us, but they can`t take away what makes us American - our freedom, our liberty, our civil rights. No, only Attorney General John Ashcroft can do that.

John Ashcroft is not a patriot, John Ashcroft is a descendant of Joseph McCarthy.

(on Peggy Ashcroft) I`m absolutely devoted to her. People can`t behave badly when she`s around. She has such integrity.

(discussing whether he hopes "The Wire" will cause reforms of the institutions portrayed in the series) I`ll tell you what, this would be enough for me: The next time the drug czar or Ashcroft or any of these guys stands up and declares, `With a little fine-tuning, with a few more prison cells, and a few more lawyers, a few more cops, a little better armament, and another omnibus crime bill that adds 15 more death-penalty statutes, we can win the war on drugs` -- if a slightly larger percentage of the American population looks at him and goes, `You are so full of shit` ... that would be gratifying.

While F.D.R. once told Americans that we have nothing to fear but fear itself, Mr. Ashcroft is delighted to play the part of Fear Itself, an assignment in which he lets his imagination run riot.

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