All of us want to have meaning in our lives and want to feel like we're doing something that makes a difference. I believe we're doing that in the Justice Department.

We need to strengthen our analytic capacity in Washington, we need to centralize the anti-terrorism effort

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

We are a nation called to defend freedom - a tradition that is not a grant of any government or document, but is an endowment from God.

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

There is no priority higher than the prevention of terrorism

The new rule says that the FBI has the right to go to public places on the same terms and conditions as other members of the public for counterterrorism purposes.

The worst mistake a boss can make is not to say 'Well done'.

If necessity is the mother of invention, it's the father of cooperation. And we're cooperating like never before.

An FBI agent ought to be able to surf the net and look for sites that instruct people how to make bombs.

The Patriot Act allows and provides a basis for an exchange of information.

You know there’s always prejudice in a revolutionary movement.

Life is made up of little things. It is very rarely that an occasion is offered for doing a great deal at once. True greatness consists in being great in little things.

One must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day was; one cannot judge life until death.

I had four hundred thousand pages of continental philosophy and lit theory in my head. And by God, I was going to use it to prove to him that I was smarter than he was.

I wanted to discuss the suffering of humanity in general, but perhaps we'd better confine ourselves to the sufferings of children.

When I was 17 - 16, my father and I cut wood all day long and I was swinging that crosscut saw and hauling wood.

I'm not trying to influence anyone else; I'm not saying, "Do what I do." I think it's a little pretentious to say, "I'm a role model"; I would never say that, and I don't think of myself that way.

Well, the disarmament conference is off to a flying start. There is nothing to prevent their succeeding now but human nature.

The greatest grossness sometimes accompanies the greatest refinement, as a natural relief.

Being home is like a vacation to me, so I'm trying to get my home together.