Eric Holder Quotes
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We must stand our ground to ensure that our laws reduce violence and take a hard look at laws that contribute to more violence than they prevent.
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The threat has changed from simply worrying about foreigners coming here, to worrying about people in the United States, American citizens - raised here, born here, and who for whatever reason, have decided that they are going to become radicalized and take up arms against the nation in which they were born.
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Kids who I grew up with, who I played ball with, basketball, baseball, and went to parties with - for whatever reason - they ended up in a fundamentally different place than I did. I'm the attorney general of the United States and they are ex-felons.
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I don't even talk about whether or not racial profiling is legal. I just don't think racial profiling is a particularly good law enforcement tool.
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Any attorney general who is not an activist is not doing his or her job.
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History simmers beneath the surface in more communities than just Ferguson.
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As the brother of a retired law enforcement officer, I know firsthand that our men and women in uniform perform their duties in the face of tremendous threats and significant personal risk. They put their lives on the line every day, and they often have to make split-second decisions.
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I'm a 21st century guy, secure in who I am.
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I'm not going to let people who work in the United States Department of Justice have their characters be assailed without any basis.
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With all do respect, senator, I don't think this is an appropriate setting for me to discuss that issue. I'd be more than glad to come back in an appropriate setting to discuss the issues that you have raised.
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I'll leave here with my head held high and with confidence that history will judge my time here.
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I am not a proponent of the death penalty, but I will enforce the law as this Congress gives it to us.
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Whether it is an attempt to bomb the New York City subway system, an attempt to bring down an airplane over Detroit, an attempt to set off a bomb in Times Square ... I think that gives us a sense of the breadth of the challenges that we face, and the kinds of things that our enemy is trying to do.
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You keep your eyes on the prize, you try to do what's right, and eventually, you'll reach your goal.
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If you want to call me an activist attorney general, I will proudly accept that label.
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I was raised - professionally - in the Public Integrity Section. I started in 1976, stayed there for 12 years. It was formed after Watergate by then-head of the Criminal Division Dick Thornburgh, who ultimately became Attorney General.
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I'm a hard headed lawyer.
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I'm attorney general of the United States. I will not stand for - I will not allow people to take away that which people gave their lives to give, and that is the ability for the American people to vote.
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The vast majority of law enforcement officers conduct themselves in really honorable, appropriate ways.