Against Quote by Alan Wilson

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.

— Zephyr Teachout

Remember the attorney general is not a member of the president's staff. He's the attorney general of the United States. He's there to represent…

— Patrick Leahy

The constitutional and political importance of the law office of the Attorney General is such that you can't just job share, and you can't…

— Suella Braverman

The job of the Attorney General is very specific. My roll, as the legal adviser, is to defend the constitutionality of the laws as…

— Jeffrey Chiesa

I do not lift my voice against the great and glorious Government guaranteed to every citizen by the Constitution, but against those corrupt administrators…

— Brigham Young

I don't hate the government. I don't think the Second Amendment is being infringed upon.

— Henry Rollins

If I am going to pick and choose the laws I defend, I wouldn't be doing my duty as attorney general.

— Kelly Ayotte

There are a whole variety of reasons I want to be attorney general, a whole variety of things that I do as attorney general…

— Eric Holder

The government doesn't want us to know what they're doing, how they're interpreting the law, how they're interpreting and redefining their powers, and increasingly,…

— Edward Snowden

My great objection to this government is, that it does not leave us the means of defending our rights, or of waging war against…

— Patrick Henry

Being attorney general has truly allowed me to be a voice for justice for the people of Illinois and oftentimes the country - and…

— Lisa Madigan

I don't want somebody as attorney general who thinks he has to rubberstamp whatever the president says.

— Patrick Leahy