Janet Reno Quotes
-
There is so much to do, and I want to continue my efforts.
-
Stereotypes should never influence policy or public opinion.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
A cop by themselves on every corner is not going to make that much difference.
-
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.
-
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.
-
I'm not fancy. I'm what I appear to be.
-
While I'm the Attorney General, we will address each issue with one question: What's the right thing to do?
-
When I went to law school, I had Roger Fisher for Civil Procedure. I never heard anything about negotiations.
-
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.
-
We recognize that violence is a learned behavior. One of the best classrooms for learning violence is in the home.
-
America, in all its institutions, whether it be the family or government, has forgotten and neglected its children.
-
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.
-
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.
-
What makes our country unique is its commitment to being open, to making its leaders accountable.
-
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.
-
Anybody that thought that I tried to protect the president has forgotten that I asked for the expansion of the Monica Lewinsky matter.
-
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.
-
The law is very special to me.
-
The Bar Association can do so much in teaching people how to resolve conflicts without knives and guns and fists.
-
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.