John Ashcroft in Fanatics and Fools

On Civil Rights: Don't scare people with phantoms of lost liberty

Ashcroft faced a senate panel that would, he expected, ask him some impertinent questions about his department's emerging draconian policies. Ashcroft memorably declared, "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." Source: Fanatics and Fools, by Arianna Huffington, p. 63-4

On Principles & Values: Ashcroft: Songwriter & member of The Singing Senators

Although he doesn't dance, Ashcroft, as many fans of latenight television know, does sing. As a senator, he held down the baritone section of the Singing Senators, a foursome that broke up, like the Beatles, when Ashcroft went off to do a solo project and member Jim Jeffords decided he liked a different sort of music. Ashcroft's cornball patriotic tune "Let the Eagle Soar" became an internet hit and then aired repeatedly on the The Late Show with David Letterman, until finally the AG himself turned up to sing it:

Let the mighty eagle soar
Soar with healing in her wings,
As the land beneath her sings:
Only God, no other kings.

John Ashcroft has a very pleasant singing voice. Source: Fanatics and Fools, by Arianna Huffington, p. 61

The above quotations are from Fanatics and Fools: The Game Plan for Winning Back America, by Arianna Huffington. Click here for a profile of John Ashcroft.
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