John Ashcroft Quotes

We make no apology for people who should be in prison being in prison.

We cannot lightly allow the perpetrator of a serious crime to go free simply because that person believed his actions were reasonable and necessary to prevent some perceived harm.

I went to prison, I paid my bill.

Nothing of course was ever done to Bill for the killing of Tutt.

I think if we wish to live in any kind of a moral universe, we must hold the perpetrators of violence responsible for the violence they perpetrate. It's very simple. The criminal is responsible for the crime.

I should still be in jail.

Good laws are the offspring of bad actions.

Shall any man be above Justice. Above all shall that man be above it, who can commit the most extensive injustice. When great crimes were committed I am for punishing the principal as well as the Coadjutors

if you do countenance those that are transgressors of the law you are in the same fact.

Acts of individuals are individual. As such they should be tried and punished.

A judge who cannot punish, associates himself in the end with the criminal.

There must be real consequences for those who commit crimes in our neighborhoods.

Justice doesn't only mean that the people who commit crime are punished. It also means that we can never give up seeking the truth.

Strict justice would demand total confiscation of your property, personal imprisonment and fines.

You will feel the full force of the law and if you are old enough to commit these crimes you are old enough to face the punishments. And to these people I would say this: you are not only wrecking the lives of others, you are potentially wrecking your own life too.

A crime is a crime, regardless of what collar you wear.

I wish I could undo what I did at Enron but I can't. I understand that I deserve punishment. Your honor, I accept the prison sentence that you are about to impose and will serve it without bitterness.

Laws undertake to punish only overt acts.

I'm sorry I didn't go to jail for six months, then I know you could come to see me anytime you wanted to.

We must reject the idea that every time a law's broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions.

Let me be clear - no one is above the law. Not a politician, not a priest, not a criminal, not a police officer. We are all accountable for our actions.

I think a lot of people get in trouble with the law.

The extent of one man's guilt may be defined by how much of it is experienced by the party he injured.

The message has to be sent that if you commit a crime there has to be punishment.

I had never believed that I would go to jail.