Janet Reno Quotes
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I'm a scuba diver but not certified.
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We must heal the divisions caused by intolerance and bigotry.
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U.S. attorneys have taught me a lot over the years, and in the Southern district of Florida, they have been to me partners.
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My father was born in Denmark. He came to this country when he was 12 years old.
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I love lawyers. And I like to talk to lawyers, and I like to engage in a spirited discussion with lawyers.
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You are not going to put 100,000 police officers on the streets overnight and do the right job. To put them on the streets, to see that they're properly trained; you have to do it in an orderly way over a period of time.
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I know from personal experience what it's like to be discriminated against. I remember people telling me, 'Ladies don't become lawyers,' and now I look at America and know what can be done.
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We're all in this together, and we all have to make an investment in our most precious possession and in the foundation of our future: our young people.
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I would like to explore and see this country. I have had so many opportunities to see it from the air! I would like to climb the mountains that I wished I could climb at the time but had to get back to Washington.
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Though the Attorney General of the United States carries many responsibilities and undertakes many tasks, there can be none more important than the pursuit of civil rights on behalf of all the people of this country.
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I worked with some wonderful people, tried my best and I feel comfortable.
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I hope I will be a good Attorney General, but one of the things that will be as important to me is to know that I made a commitment to my family and honored it, a commitment that has been repaid 10,000 times over.
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The law as a profession has provided me with more satisfaction than I ever dreamed.
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We cannot forget the need to use the law as a shield, but we must remember other forces of the law.
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Sometimes we're tone-deaf in Washington, and we listen only to ourselves. We do not hear the cry of people who want answers, want action, want protection, and have some darn good ideas as to how to provide it if only we would listen.
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I had concluded when I was the prosecutor that I would vote against the death penalty if I were in the legislature but that I could ask for it when I was satisfied as to guilt.
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My earnest hope is that what we started in terms of building partnerships with communities across America will continue, that we will continue our efforts to reduce crime and violence.
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I would like to use the law of this land to do everything I possibly can to protect America's children from abuse and violence and to give to each of them the opportunity to grow to be strong, healthy and self-sufficient citizens of this country.
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Under a death penalty statute that is going to stand up to constitutional muster, you look at the aggravating circumstances and the mitigating circumstances.
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I think young people can make such an extraordinarily important difference in making this world a better place.
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If you have a good community behind you and a good family supporting you, then, when the buck stops with you, there is the strength of that community and that family to draw upon.
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I admire law enforcement agents who put their lives on the line to enforce the law while building trust and understanding within a community and around the world. I honor those who seek justice for all the people of this country.
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Unless the law issues from all of the people, some of the people will feel left out. They will come to feel alienated. They will be angry. And this will not be a cohesive democracy.
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The keystone to justice is the belief that the legal system treats all fairly.