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Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely, and I found that out when I was Attorney General in Massachusetts.
I think that whoever is the attorney general, you don't want them to be as a yes person for any particular constituency.
As the United States attorney in Manhattan, I have come to worry about few things as much as the gathering cyber threat.
The United States attorney in South Carolina was a Barack Obama appointee. Politically, he is to the left of Mao Zedong.
I wanted to be a district attorney and solve hidden problems or maybe even be a leper-colony missionary and save people.
I was approached by friends who encouraged me to run for an open seat - attorney general of Michigan. It was a big risk.
Protecting the rights of service members was an important part of my work as Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights.
When you have an attorney giving you advice, it would be nice to know what their financial relationship is to the advice.
To criticize the attorney general for permitting justice to be done without regard to political party is very disturbing.
You know, as attorney general, there's no issue more important than making sure you are safe, that your families are safe.
Running for attorney general troubled me. Because I was worried I would simply become just a figurehead and that's not me.
The Attorney General is the state's chief consumer advocate, fighting to protect the financial security of all Illinoisans.
Our country is fortunate to have Bill Barr, a man of integrity who has served two U.S. Presidents, as our Attorney General.
I served as Attorney General John Ashcroft's chief adviser on immigration law at the U.S. Department of Justice during 2001-03.
No cabinet official has delivered on Donald Trump's key campaign promises more resoundingly than Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
Building trust between law enforcement officers and the communities we serve is one of my highest priorities as attorney general.
Being an independent reporter with legal knowledge fits me better than being an attorney who is representing one side or one goal.
When I first served as Attorney General back in the early 90s, crime was at its highest in American history, with its peak in 1992.
It costs more money to put a person on death row than it does to lock them up for the rest of their lives because of attorney fees.
When you sign with a label, they do insist upon certain rights, and if you have a competent attorney, your rights will be protected.
The responsibility of the attorney general is to change things and bring us closer to the ideals expressed in our founding documents.
I see the job of attorney general as the single most important legal office in the country when you can't trust the federal government.
June 10, 2002, the day John Ashcroft announced the arrest of Jose Padilla, marked a low point in Ashcroft's career as Attorney General.
As a former attorney general. I have the greatest respect for the criminal justice system. But it is not good at intelligence gathering.
My wife and daughters work. My campaign manager in 2005 was a working mother. I appointed 5 women to my senior staff as Attorney General.
If I were attorney general in Kansas in 1953, I would not have defended a Kansas statute that put in place separate-but-equal facilities.
Being attorney general has truly allowed me to be a voice for justice for the people of Illinois and oftentimes the country - and I love it.
For a lawyer to shade or slant his legal advice to advance a private agenda is among the gravest betrayals of his solemn duty as an attorney.
It's not so much the attorney general's job to decide what laws to enforce. We should do our jobs and enforce laws effectively as we're able.
My father was one of 11. He was an attorney. My mother worked for the Syracuse newspaper as a columnist before she became a stay-at-home mother.
I have always wanted to run for Attorney General, and I always wanted to have a baby, but I did not think I would be doing them at the same time.
The job of the Attorney General is very specific. My roll, as the legal adviser, is to defend the constitutionality of the laws as they're passed.
I have known Johnnie Cochran for many years as an attorney and personal friend, but he has already expressed publicly that he is not on this case.
When the law says you're entitled to an attorney, it doesn't mean you're entitled to an attorney who sleeps or an attorney who doesn't do his job.
I was an attorney general. That was - that matters to me, and if you won't obey your own rules, there's no reason to think you'll obey any others.
Unfortunately, from what I can see from my vantage point as the U.S. Attorney here, illegal insider trading is rampant and may even be on the rise.
As you may know, previously as Attorney General and now as Governor, I have supported legislation to close the gun show loophole in North Carolina.
I wasn't unsympathetic as a defense attorney, but my strong feelings for the victims were getting in my way. I identified too much with the victim.
When states like Alabama and Arizona passed some of the harshest immigration laws in history, my Attorney General took them on in court and we won.
On my first day in office as Ohio attorney general, I authorized Ohio to join the multistate lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Obamacare.
When we watch courtroom dramas, we tend to identify with the kindhearted defense attorney, but give us the power, and we become like hanging judges.
When I took office in 2011, I made a commitment that the Office of Attorney General would find ways to do more while spending fewer taxpayer dollars.
My first job paid well for a young attorney. I was making over $50,000, which was more than either of my parents had ever made. I thought I was rich.
I realized how important it was to have a good team - manager, attorney and label. It's not just about putting out a record and somebody signing you.
I believe that Attorney Fortuno has some styles that it seems to me are going to foster dialogue and good communication, and I hope I am not mistaken.
I see how attorneys are, and nobody is really on your side. It's about money. The attorney is not chasing after your money; he's chasing after his fee.
The defendant wants to hide the truth because he's generally guilty. The defense attorney's job is to make sure the jury does not arrive at that truth.
This is a true story. The day after Reagan won, I was walking into the courthouse when someone said that they'd bet Reagan would appoint me U.S. attorney.
Kamala Harris is a serious person who as California attorney general tried to tackle tough social problems in a way that most conservatives would support.
Being a Raiderette is a part-time commitment but we call it a 'part-time full-time commitment.' It ends up almost taking more time than being an attorney.