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My father never ran for office or supported anybody for office, and was not engaged in that at all.
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Is our national goal to place as many people on welfare, food stamp support, as we can possibly put on that program? Is that our goal? Is that a moral vision for the United States of America, just to see how many people we can place in a situation where they're dependent on the federal government for their food?
Jeff Sessions
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The elite denizens of Washington and Wall Street scorn and mock the good and decent people of this country for wanting their laws enforced and their communities protected.
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I have never used the word 'boy' to describe a black, nor would I tolerate it in my office.
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The goal of this Nation, I so strongly believe, is to be a preeminent world power. We have to understand what comes with that: The responsibility to be strong.
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Congress has taken an action now that makes it absolutely improper and illegal to use waterboarding... or any other form of torture by our military and by our other departments and agencies.
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The elites have become international, and they've ceased to have a primary loyalty to the nation-state.
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This country does not punish its political enemies. What this country ensures is that no one is above the law.
Jeff Sessions
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My great-great-great-grandfather or something, I think his father came before him; but, in the 1840s, he was a circuit-riding Baptist preacher.
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Iraq assumes responsibility for its own future... They have got to step up.
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I remain deeply concerned about falling wages and the lack of good jobs for Americans. Too many of our citizens are either stuck in place or falling behind, and too often their needs are forgotten.
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The civil libertarians among us would rather defend the Constitution than protect our nation’s security.
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The job of elected officials is to answer to the people who sent them to Washington - not to scorn them, not to demean them, not to mock them, and not to sell their jobs and dreams to the highest bidder.
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Donors don't win elections; voters win elections.
Jeff Sessions
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Our nation needs to say clearly once again that using drugs will destroy your life.
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My previous 15 years working in the Department of Justice were extraordinarily fulfilling. I love the Department, its people and its mission. I can think of no greater honor than to lead them.
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We are in a movement that must not fade away. The bosses are you. The people in Washington are public servants, and they serve you.
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Trump has a way of driving a message so people hear it.
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It's not so much the attorney general's job to decide what laws to enforce. We should do our jobs and enforce laws effectively as we're able.
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The American people should be the one to decide which direction the Supreme Court will go.
Jeff Sessions
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All of us know that when the confidence of a private conversation is breached by a party with ulterior motives or one who simply misunderstands what the speaker says or means, the speaker can always be embarrassed.
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You know the discrimination: African-Americans couldn't go to certain schools, they couldn't use certain restrooms, there were other kinds of routine biases against them.
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It is time to stand strong for the American people. It is time to champion the interests of those constantly neglected on the question of immigration: the men and women and children we represent - the citizens of this country to whom we owe our ultimate allegiance.
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I think we have a high responsibility to base any criticisms that we have on a fair and honest statement of the facts, and that nominees should not be subjected to distortions of their record, taking things they've done out of context.
Jeff Sessions