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Jeff Sessions

(1946) Politician United States

169 quotes in 845 categories

Jeff Sessions brings a straightforward, no‑frills tone to the political arena. In 169 quotes he lays out his convictions on law, governance, and the American experience.

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Jeff Sessions is a politician from the United States.

Quick Facts About Jeff Sessions

Born: December 24, 1946
Nationality: United States
Profession: Politician
Spouse: Mary Blackshear

About Jeff Sessions

Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III is an American politician and attorney who served as the 84th United States attorney general from 2017 to 2018. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as United States senator from Alabama from 1997 to 2017 before resigning that position to serve as attorney general in the first administration of President Donald Trump. Trump fired Sessions in 2018 due to his inaction and recusal from the Russian collusion probes.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Time 100 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award member of the Alabama Academy of Honor

Quotes by Jeff Sessions

People react not very wisely sometimes.

People

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We can never go back.

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Some of my best friends are FBI agents.

Agents

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Good people don't smoke marijuana.

Good people

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Iraq assumes responsibility for its own future... They have got to step up.

Assumes

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Our nation needs to say clearly once again that using drugs will destroy your life.

Again

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I understand the lifelong scars born by women who are victims of assault and abuse.

Abuse

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He [Donald Trump] is been bold. He's been bold on building a wall.

Bold

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We know that a ready amnesty tends to be an invitation to more illegal entries.

Amnesty

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I understand the demands for justice and fairness made by the L.G.B.T. community.

Community

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Politicians are supposed to be empathetic. And, yes, I am, actually.

Compassion

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In my family, we were not involved in politics at all.

Family

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You pay a price when you have an objective sentencing system. That is, nothing is perfect.

Nothing

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How is it appropriate for a judge ever to say that they will choose to see some facts and not others?

Appropriate

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I certainly believe that improving our intelligence is of important national interest.

Believe

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When I present evidence, I expect the judge to hear and see all the evidence that gets presented.

Evidence

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I am not stonewalling. I am following the historic policies of the Department of Justice.

Historic

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I am concerned about a president [Bill Clinton] under oath, being alleged to have committed perjury. I hope that he can rebut…

Bills

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The Republican Party, in many ways, grew up as a reaction to that [ segregation], and a lot of people have misunderstood that.

Grew

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Know when cities and states refuse to help enforce immigration laws, our nation is less safe.

Help

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I had met [Donald] Trump once before, when he testified before a committee that Tom Coburn - Senator Coburn - and I…

Building

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I noticed one thing. According to the ABA statistics, only 3.5 percent of lawyers in America in 2000 were Hispanic, yet they…

America

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We're going to create factory jobs for recent immigrants, and Donald Trump is going to take care of them. That's why his…

Care

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We've seen what happened in Libya, what a disaster that's been driven by Hillary Clinton, and the disaster in Syria and almost…

Clinton

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I would acknowledge that [Paul] Ryan has some really good ideas about things, and I think they'll get together, like taxes. Larry…

Acknowledge

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Hillary Clinton says nobody should be deported that entered illegally unless they commit a violent felony, which is an argument for open…

American people

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People of my generation knew we needed to move beyond that, the racial division and segregation and unsustainable social relations, that were…

Big government

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[Donald] Trump, I think, understands it. He has said this is going to be a new Republican Party, a workers' Republican Party,…

Elites

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In seven years, we'll have the highest percentage of Americans non-native born since the founding of the republic. And some people think,…

Changed

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I had not been involved in any way in planning the event in Mobile. My staff maybe, had really been contacted, but…

Adopted

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[My father ] came home from World War II and he voted for [Dwight] Eisenhower. He was pretty thoughtful about those things,…

Bumper

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We'll have a national dispute - debate about it, and the goal should be to bring in - to help respectfully appeal…

Appeals

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As the witness testified before my Subcommittee on Immigration, that barriers magnify the ability of every Border Patrol agent to be more…

Ability

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We've got people in the Republican Party that just believe that if you just cut taxes for corporations, and that you have…

Agree

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I've said many times - I told William Buckley, I said, "You warped my mind and I never recovered from it." That…

Consistent

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I just don't think there's that many people who think it's wrong to have control on our borders. That's not racism. It's…

American workers

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I do believe we have voter fraud in America.

America

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Drug trafficking is an inherently dangerous and violent business.

Business

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Donald Trump can improve and get better as he goes along, and I think he will.

Better

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We represent our constituents. And so they don't get to dictate policy.

Constituents

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Jeff Sessions by topic

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