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Just remember, strength and courage. If you stand on principle, you'll never lose.
Draw great strength from your family and give in turn to those who come after you.
The law as a profession has provided me with more satisfaction than I ever dreamed.
America has become numb to violence because it just drowns in it, day in and day out.
If you want to call me an activist attorney general, I will proudly accept that label.
Displays of force in response to mostly peaceful demonstrations can be counterproductive.
Each generation looks to its children to keep our society moving and to make life better.
It was not the president's responsibility to run a law enforcement operation. It was ours.
I think there are too many people in jail for too long and for not necessarily good reasons.
I just don't like greedy, indifferent, selfish lawyers. And there are not that many of them.
Juveniles as well as adults need to know they're going to be punished for their violent acts.
The Department of Justice transcends party because we're building on the Weed and Seed program.
I'll leave here with my head held high and with confidence that history will judge my time here.
You constantly hear about voter fraud... but you don't see huge amounts of vote fraud out there.
We must honor, protect and support our police officers and their families every day of the year.
What makes our country unique is its commitment to being open, to making its leaders accountable.
The Department of Justice is a member of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States.
We cannot forget the need to use the law as a shield, but we must remember other forces of the law.
You keep your eyes on the prize, you try to do what's right, and eventually, you'll reach your goal.
Too many Americans mistrust their government. And unnecessary government secrecy feeds this mistrust.
There is no express grant of habeas in the Constitution. There's a prohibition against taking it away.
I am not a proponent of the death penalty, but I will enforce the law as this Congress gives it to us.
I'll leave it to others to try to determine whether or not that was unfair or not. I'm not the nominee.
The vast majority of law enforcement officers conduct themselves in really honorable, appropriate ways.
Our challenge is to remind ourselves that we do have common interest, common grounds, and common dreams.
Too many Americans go to too many prisons for far too long, and for no truly good law enforcement reason.
I want there to be a real partnership between the Department of Justice in Washington and U.S. attorneys.
It doesn't matter to criminals if the event is called a gun show or a flea market -- if they can buy guns.
I love lawyers. And I like to talk to lawyers, and I like to engage in a spirited discussion with lawyers.
Jim, I'm not aware of any formal requests from the Senate Judiciary Committee for these kinds of documents.
Due process and judicial process are not one and the same, particularly when it comes to national security.
The president really shouldn't be involved in terms of dictating what course the investigation should take.
While I'm the Attorney General, we will address each issue with one question: What's the right thing to do?
Do and act on what you believe to be right, and you'll wake up the next morning feeling good about yourself.
We've got to look to our educational programs and focus on doing what we can to stem violence in the schools.
When I went to law school, I had Roger Fisher for Civil Procedure. I never heard anything about negotiations.
I think young people can make such an extraordinarily important difference in making this world a better place.
It helps to know how to lose. You know it is not the end of the world, and you pick yourself up and move ahead.
The Bar Association can do so much in teaching people how to resolve conflicts without knives and guns and fists.
We recognize that violence is a learned behavior. One of the best classrooms for learning violence is in the home.
Until the day I die, or until the day I can't think anymore, I want to be involved in the issues that I care about.
The Justice Department is staunchly committed to ensuring that all Americans are treated in a fair and just manner.
America, in all its institutions, whether it be the family or government, has forgotten and neglected its children.
I have lived the American dream. Even my worst days as attorney general have been better than my father's best days.
The full resources of the Department of Justice have been committed to the investigation into Michael Brown's death.
I love good and caring lawyers who are advocates, who are defenders, who are problem-solvers, and who are peacemakers.
The inability to pass reasonable gun safety laws after the Newtown massacre is something that weighs heavily on my mind.
I don't think that the economy can absorb a massive flow of immigration that does not relate to the issue of persecution.
People have it so good in America that they get bored very easily. And when people get bored they start protesting things.
U.S. attorneys have taught me a lot over the years, and in the Southern district of Florida, they have been to me partners.