Janet Reno Quotes
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Schools can do extraordinary things given the chance; teachers can do remarkable things if we eliminate the paperwork that sometimes binds them and give them a chance to really teach in our schools.
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There is so much to do, and I want to continue my efforts.
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We must honor, protect and support our police officers and their families every day of the year.
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It helps to know how to lose. You know it is not the end of the world, and you pick yourself up and move ahead.
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There may sometimes be a mistake, but I think that the citizens of America who are sworn to uphold their duty in a jury setting are going to try to do their best to do that regardless of the consequences.
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If somebody thinks I have an integrity problem, then the honest thing to do is to tell me what they think it is and let me address it.
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While service in the Department of Justice is itself one of the highest forms of public service, the Department further strides to increase access to justice for all and to strengthen our communities.
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We've got to make sure that the young, violent, serious juvenile offender is punished, that it's fair punishment, that it's punishment that fits the crime and that is understood and that is anticipated and expected.
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A cop by themselves on every corner is not going to make that much difference.
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I'm not fancy. I'm what I appear to be.
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When I went to law school, I had Roger Fisher for Civil Procedure. I never heard anything about negotiations.
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Diversity is valued, and it is prized. We learn to appreciate each other and each other's struggles. From diversity, we draw our enormous and our lasting strength.
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The lawyers who really begin to address the problems of their clients address them without recourse to our courts, although that recourse is absolutely essential in providing leverage.
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It's fine to get paid and get a big verdict, but to go out and represent people, sometimes in unglamorous ways, is really what lawyering is all about.
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We want to continue the efforts against domestic violence and spread the drug courts, and develop real effective means of providing treatment for drug abusers without having to have them arrested.
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While I'm the Attorney General, we will address each issue with one question: What's the right thing to do?
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Being a lawyer is not merely a vocation. It is a public trust, and each of us has an obligation to give back to our communities.
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We recognize that violence is a learned behavior. One of the best classrooms for learning violence is in the home.
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What makes our country unique is its commitment to being open, to making its leaders accountable.
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Anybody that thought that I tried to protect the president has forgotten that I asked for the expansion of the Monica Lewinsky matter.
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Simply put, if we can reduce the risk while increasing protection during the course of a young person's life, we can prevent problems and promote the healthy development of our children, our families, our economy, and the institutions we hold dear.
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The law is very special to me.
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Most lawyers aren't trial lawyers. Most lawyers, even trial lawyers, don't get their problems solved in a courtroom. We like to go to court. It seems heroic to go to court. We think we're the new, great advocates, better than anything we've seen on TV, and we come home exhilarated by having gone to court.
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I think that a woman's right to choose should be protected. I think it should be protected from physical conduct that prevents that right to choose from being freely exercised.