Eric Holder Quotes

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• I have loved the Department of Justice ever since, as a young boy, I watched Robert Kennedy prove during the Civil Rights Movement how the…
• I grew up in the Justice Department. I served 12 years as a line lawyer in the public integrity section. This department under me will…
• In a lot of ways, civil rights division is the conscience of the Justice Department. You can almost measure what kind of Justice Department you…
• I think there are too many people in jail for too long and for not necessarily good reasons.
• The vast majority of law enforcement officers conduct themselves in really honorable, appropriate ways.
• The inability to pass reasonable gun safety laws after the Newtown massacre is something that weighs heavily on my mind.
• In January 2013, I told the people in the Justice Department after the re-election that I wanted to focus on reforming the federal criminal justice…
• Smart on Crime says if you commit violent crimes, you should go to jail, and go to jail for extended periods of time. For people…
• 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.
• I urge the citizens of Ferguson who have been peacefully exercising their First Amendment rights to join with law enforcement in condemning the actions of…
• As the brother of a retired law enforcement officer, I know firsthand that our men and women in uniform perform their duties in the face…
• Enforcement priorities and arrest patterns must not lead to disparate treatment under the law, even if such treatment is unintended. And police forces should reflect…
• Those who peacefully gather to express sympathy for the family of Michael Brown must have their rights respected at all times. And journalists must not…
• Studies show that if people think that they are treated fairly by the police, that matters almost more than what the result is. If you…
• History simmers beneath the surface in more communities than just Ferguson.
• Ferguson and St. Louis County are not the first places that we have become engaged to ensure fair and equitable policing, and they will not…
• Displays of force in response to mostly peaceful demonstrations can be counterproductive.
• I am not a proponent of the death penalty, but I will enforce the law as this Congress gives it to us.
• Well, I think the American people have to understand that the Mexican government is committed, in a very substantial way, to eradicating the effect of…
• I was raised - professionally - in the Public Integrity Section. I started in 1976, stayed there for 12 years. It was formed after Watergate…

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