Janet Reno Quotes
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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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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 want there to be a real partnership between the Department of Justice in Washington and U.S. attorneys.
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Lawyers are very important people to me.
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The keystone to justice is the belief that the legal system treats all fairly.
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We, the American people, owe the nation's police officers our deepest gratitude, our best efforts, and our strong support, for they have done so much for us against such great odds.
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I think the answer to civil disorder in America, the answer to police problems in America, the answer to jail overcrowding and all the problems that we see is - the one answer is that government must go back to its people.
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Police and prosecutors and the courts have got to talk together.
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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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I'm interested in elder justice and what we can do about elder abuse and neglect.
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The good lawyer is the great salesman.
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As a child, I wanted to be a lawyer because I thought lawyers and the law were wonderful. But they are more wonderful, I think, than I had thought.
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I want to make sure there are no gatekeepers at the AG's door, and that anybody in the Department - they may have to come relatively late in the evening, just judging by the schedules to date - but if somebody has suggestions for how to make this a better department, that they know I am available.
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Too many Americans mistrust their government. And unnecessary government secrecy feeds this mistrust.
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We simply must find ways both to bridge the differences that still seem to divide us and focus on the things that we share.
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It was not the president's responsibility to run a law enforcement operation. It was ours.
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I didn't like the Feds coming to town when I was in Miami, telling me what to do. I didn't like them coming to town and thinking that they knew more about Miami than I do.
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I love good and caring lawyers who are advocates, who are defenders, who are problem-solvers, and who are peacemakers.
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We have initiated programs for re-entry offenders, since some 500,000 to 600,000 offenders will come out of prison each year for the next three or four years. We want to have positive alternatives when they come back to the community.
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My mother taught us to play baseball, to bake a cake, to play fair - she beat the living daylights out of us sometimes, and she loved us with all her heart; she taught her favorite poets, and there is no child care in the world that will ever be a substitute for what that lady was in our life.
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Until the day I die, or until the day I can't think anymore, I want to be involved in the issues that I care about.
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I think one of the keys to any crime-prevention program that's got to be developed is to focus on punishment - to let people know that there is a sanction and a punishment for hurting others.
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There are those who profess to support law enforcement but who have attempted to undermine the efforts of hard-working officers who make difficult decisions.
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Do and act on what you believe to be right, and you'll wake up the next morning feeling good about yourself.