Eric Holder quotes - page 3

I look forward to working with the NRA to come up with ways in which we can use common sense approaches to reduce the level of violence that we see - in our streets, and make the American people as safe as they possibly can be. (Eric Holder)
I'm not going to let people who work in the United States Department of Justice have their characters be assailed without any basis. View quote
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I understand the Second Amendment. I respect the Second Amendment. I think we need to use common sense tools to keep the American people safe, to keep our streets safe. View quote
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One cannot understate the importance of eliminating Bin Laden. He was a symbolic head of the organisation and, as we now know, an operational head of the organisation. View quote
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Operation Fast and Furious was flawed in concept and flawed in execution. The tactics used in this operation violate Department of Justice policy and should never have been used. View quote
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I sit here as the first African-American attorney general, serving the first African-American President of the United States. And that has to show that we have made a great deal of progress. But there's still more we have to travel along this road so we get to the place that is consistent with our founding ideals. View quote
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Well, I think the American people have to understand that the Mexican government is committed, in a very substantial way, to eradicating the effect of the impact of the cartels on Mexico. We have - what are called vetted units down there. Units that have been vetted by our law enforcement people there, the people with whom we deal - primarily. View quote
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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. View quote
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We need to do this everyday of the week and just really brainwash people into thinking about guns in a vastly different way. View quote
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This is going to be a very transparent Justice Department. But I'm not gonna sacrifice the safety of the American people or our ability to protect the American homeland. View quote
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One of the things I learned is that you've got to deal with the underlying social problems if you want to have an impact on crime - that it's not a coincidence that you see the greatest amount of violent crime where you see the greatest amount of social dysfunction. (Eric Holder)
I'm a hard headed lawyer. View quote
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I am the attorney general of the United States, but I am also a black man. View quote
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It's a sad indication of where Washington has come, where policy differences almost necessarily become questions of integrity. I came to Washington in the late '70s, and people had the ability in the past to have intense policy differences but didn't feel the need to question the other person's character. View quote
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I think that what I'm doing is right. And election-year politics, which intensifies everything, is not going to drive me off that course. View quote
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You constantly hear about voter fraud... but you don't see huge amounts of vote fraud out there. View quote
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It pains me whenever there's the death of a law enforcement official. View quote
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People feel uncomfortable talking about racial issues out of fear that if they express things, they will be characterized in a way that's not fair. I think that there is still a need for a dialogue about things racial that we've not engaged in. View quote
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I'm a 21st-century guy, secure in who I am. View quote
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