John Ashcroft: Doing

John Ashcroft is American politician. Explore interesting quotes on doing.

John Ashcroft: 64 quotes 0 likes

“Do not allow your sorrow or your rage to become hostility toward people on the basis of their ethnicity or their religious views. That is unacceptable; it is out of bounds, and if you break the law, we will prosecute you for it.”

John Ashcroft

Source: Never Again: Securing America and Restoring Justice (2006), p. 179

Hostility , People , Law , Rage

“Doing what is right in the face of adversity is not always easy or popular. Critics may assail you, but the critics don't always realize what they don't know or don't understand, because they don't have access to all the information.”

John Ashcroft

Source: Never Again: Securing America and Restoring Justice (2006), p. 229

Understanding

“I decided this early on at Justice: if the traditional way was the most effective way of doing something, then we'd maintain it. But if it was not functioning at optimum levels, we would be doing the country a disservice by continuing to do things "like we've always done them."”

John Ashcroft

Source: Never Again: Securing America and Restoring Justice (2006), p. 90-91

Justice , Way , Country

“Politics disabuses a person of the notion that you can please everybody. It is an inescapable fact that people will always have different opinions, and some people are going to disagree. Sooner or later, a person constructs his or her own "platform" and stands on it, regardless of what others think, say, or do. It is also true that some people delight in another person's demise.”

John Ashcroft

Source: Never Again: Securing America and Restoring Justice (2006), p. 67

People , Thinking , Personality

“It wasn't that people were antagonistic; it was more that they were accustomed to doing their work in a certain way, and change always causes some people to be uncomfortable.”

John Ashcroft

Source: Never Again: Securing America and Restoring Justice (2006), p. 91

People , Way , Change