To me, failure is not fatal unless you quit; getting knocked down is not embarrassing unless you allow it to keep you down. - John Ashcroft

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."

To those who scare peace-loving people with phantoms of lost liberty, my message is this: Your tactics only aid terrorists, for they erode our national unity and diminish our resolve. They give ammunition to America's enemies, and pause to America's friends. They encourage people of good will to remain silent in the face of evil.

A trustee has a responsibility to guard the assets of others with a higher degree of care than he does his own.