Attorney Quote by Katrina vanden Heuvel

Jeff Sessions, the person who's likely to become our next attorney general, is striking a very different tone from our current attorney general, Loretta…

— Al Sharpton

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

Civil rights leaders, including my husband and Albert Turner, have fought long and hard to achieve free and unfettered access to the ballot box.…

— Coretta Scott King

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 am much interested and honoured by what you tell me of C. S. Lewis.

— Ruth Pitter

The American people should have a voice in the selection of their next Supreme Court Justice.

— Mitch McConnell

One of the things that drives me batty is people who think they're court watchers, who say, "Oh, Clarence Thomas. You know, his clerks…

— Dahlia Lithwick

I heard Dr. King speaking on the radio, and it seemed like he was saying, "John Robert Lewis, you too can make a contribution.…

— John Lewis

I served with General Washington in die Legislature of Virginia...and...with Doctor Franklin in Congress. I never heard neither of them speak ten minutes at…

— Thomas Jefferson

Jeff Sessions wished he wasn't the attorney general. The president Donald Trump has the most incompetent cabinet in history, and he's unhappy with only…

— Lawrence O'Donnell

I can still remember the day, as an assistant U.S. attorney, when I stood up in court for the first time and I proudly…

— Samuel Alito

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

— Patrick Leahy