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Politician and attorney · American · 1946
American politician and attorney (born 1946)
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“We don't pay judges to think; we pay judges to rule on the law.”
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“I certainly believe that improving our intelligence is of important national interest.”
“Legal immigration is the primary source of low-wage immigration into the United States.”
“I enjoy repartee and frequently engage in devil's advocacy. In short, when I talk to friends, I do not guard every word that I say because I think that I know they know that my commitment to equali...”
“I have supported civil rights activity in my state. I have done my job with integrity, equality, and fairness for all.”
“Even moderates, they can see in Trump the potential to have logjams broken and things finally get done. This makes some conservatives and some liberals furious, nervous, and me nervous a little bit...”
“The massive debt we have racked up to finance our wasteful government is pulling down growth today. Gross debt over 90 percent of GDP weakens growth now. Not tomorrow - now.”
“I think people are free to marry any way they want to. But churches are free to set standards for marriage.”
“The United States has the burden to lead for peace. And not just peace - we need peace with justice, a much harder goal.”
“The civil libertarians among us would rather defend the Constitution than protect our nation’s security.”
“This country does not discriminate. No president, no officer in this country should hold office that has any hint of treating people differently because of the color of their skin or where they cam...”
“I love that program (asset forfeiture). We had so much fun doing that, taking drug dealers' money and passing it out to people trying to put drug dealers in jail. What's wrong with that?”
“Senator Sessions has not demonstrated a commitment to a central requirement of the job -- to aggressively pursue the congressional mandate of civil rights, equal rights, and justice for all. In fac...”
“Everybody knows that the war on drugs, as has been fought since the 1980s, has had a disproportionate negative impact on specific community: black communities, Latino communities. Everyone knows th...”
“Jeff Sessions, then-Attorney General of the United States, told prosecutors in May of 2018 to go after the children. We need to take away children, Sessions said, according to notes of a meeting ob...”