Kids who I grew up with, who I played ball with, basketball, baseball, and went to parties with - for whatever reason… — Eric Holder Copy Share Image
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. — Eric Holder Copy Share Image
There are a whole variety of reasons I want to be attorney general, a whole variety of things that I do as… — Eric Holder Copy Share Image
I was raised - professionally - in the Public Integrity Section. I started in 1976, stayed there for 12 years. It was… — Eric Holder Copy Share Image
On a personal level, I've seen a lot in my time as attorney general, but few things have affected me as greatly… — Eric Holder Copy Share Image
Any attorney general who is not an activist is not doing his or her job. — Eric Holder Copy Share Image
I am the attorney general of the United States. But I am also a black man, — Eric Holder Copy Share Image
If you want to call me an activist attorney general, I will proudly accept that label, — Eric Holder Copy Share Image
The responsibility of the attorney general is to change things and bring us closer to the ideals expressed in our founding documents. — Eric Holder Copy Share Image
Although the attorney general is a part of the president's team, you're really separate and apart. You have a special responsibility as… — Eric Holder Copy Share Image
I'd like to continue being involved with issues that animated my time as attorney general - criminal-justice reform and civil rights especially.… — Eric Holder Copy Share Image
I'm attorney general of the United States. I will not stand for - I will not allow people to take away that… — Eric Holder Copy Share Image
I sit here as the first African-American attorney general, serving the first African-American President of the United States. And that has to… — Eric Holder Copy Share Image
Though this nation has proudly thought of itself as an ethnic melting pot, in things racial we have always been and I believe continue… — Eric Holder Copy Share Image
The full resources of the Department of Justice have been committed to the investigation into Michael Brown's death. — Eric Holder Copy Share Image
Ferguson and St. Louis County are not the first places that we have become engaged to ensure fair and equitable policing, and they will… — Eric Holder Copy Share Image
Some have argued that the President is required to get permission from a federal court before taking action against a United States citizen who… — Eric Holder Copy Share Image
I look forward to working with the NRA to come up with ways in which we can use common sense approaches to reduce the… — Eric Holder Copy Share Image
This is going to be a very transparent Justice Department. But I'm not gonna sacrifice the safety of the American people or our ability… — Eric Holder Copy Share Image
I have loved the Department of Justice ever since, as a young boy, I watched Robert Kennedy prove during the Civil Rights Movement how… — Eric Holder Copy Share Image
You constantly hear about voter fraud... but you don't see huge amounts of vote fraud out there. — Eric Holder Copy Share Image
I'll leave here with my head held high and with confidence that history will judge my time here. — Eric Holder Copy Share Image
On a personal level, I've seen a lot in my time as attorney general, but few things have affected me as greatly as my… — Eric Holder Copy Share Image
It is the thing that keeps me up at night - the notion that you have individuals in the United States who are looking… — Eric Holder Copy Share Image
