Eric Holder

The inability to pass reasonable gun safety laws after the Newtown massacre is something that weighs heavily on my mind.

— Eric Holder

Any decision to use lethal force against a United States citizen - even one intent on murdering Americans and who has become…

— Eric Holder

Communities of color don't understand what it means to be a police officer, the fear that police officers have in just being…

— Eric Holder

Enforcement priorities and arrest patterns must not lead to disparate treatment under the law, even if such treatment is unintended. And police…

— Eric Holder

As the brother of a retired law enforcement officer, I know firsthand that our men and women in uniform perform their duties…

— Eric Holder

Well, I think the American people have to understand that the Mexican government is committed, in a very substantial way, to eradicating…

— Eric Holder

People feel uncomfortable talking about racial issues out of fear that if they express things, they will be characterized in a way…

— Eric Holder

I think that people, despite my law enforcement background, view me as taking these consistently progressive stands, and I think that, philosophically,…

— Eric Holder

The vast majority of law enforcement officers conduct themselves in really honorable, appropriate ways.

— Eric Holder

I'm a prosecutor first and foremost, and as a judge ,I put people in jail for extended periods of time when that…

— Eric Holder

I urge the citizens of Ferguson who have been peacefully exercising their First Amendment rights to join with law enforcement in condemning…

— Eric Holder

I'm not going to let people who work in the United States Department of Justice have their characters be assailed without any…

— Eric Holder

Whether it is an attempt to bomb the New York City subway system, an attempt to bring down an airplane over Detroit,…

— Eric Holder

It is possible, I suppose, to imagine an extraordinary circumstance in which it would be necessary and appropriate under the Constitution and…

— Eric Holder

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

The American people can be - and deserve to be - assured that actions taken in their defense are consistent with their…

— Eric Holder

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

With all do respect, senator, I don't think this is an appropriate setting for me to discuss that issue. I'd be more…

— Eric Holder

[I] can't actually imagine a time in which the need for more diversity would ever cease. Affirmative action has been an issue…

— Eric Holder

I understand the Second Amendment. I respect the Second Amendment. I think we need to use common sense tools to keep the…

— Eric Holder

The Constitution guarantees due process, not judicial process.

— Eric Holder

The responsibility of the attorney general is to change things and bring us closer to the ideals expressed in our founding documents.

— Eric Holder

When you compare what people endured in the South in the 60s to try to get the right to vote for African…

— Eric Holder

We are not programmed to bury our kids.

— Eric Holder

In a lot of ways, civil rights division is the conscience of the Justice Department. You can almost measure what kind of…

— Eric Holder