General Aschroft’s speech was full of a humility that his detractors never quite seemed to get. He made it clear that he understood that, as a great as his accomplishments on this earth, he answers to a higher power. He spoke of a recent conversation with the President, in which General Ashcroft was praising the President for his grounded leadership in difficult times. The President answered that he was able to do so because he knew in who he believed. It is reassuring to know that the most powerful man in the world and his chief law enforcement officer recognize that they answer to a higher power.