Although the attorney general is a part of the president’s team, you’re really separate and apart. You have a special responsibility as the nation’s chief law enforcement officer. There has to be a distance that you keep – between this department and the White House. Eric Holder Read Quote
Though this nation has proudly thought of itself as an ethnic melting pot, in things racial we have always been and continue to be, in too many ways, essentially a nation of cowards. Eric Holder Read Quote
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. Eric Holder Read Quote
I actually think that the dotting of the i’s and the crossing of the t’s is what separates the United States, the United Kingdom, our allies, from those who we are fighting. Eric Holder Read Quote
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. Eric Holder Read Quote
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. Eric Holder Read Quote
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. Eric Holder Read Quote
I’m a prosecutor first and foremost, and as a judge, I put people in jail for extended periods of time when that was appropriate. Eric Holder Read Quote
You keep your eyes on the prize, you try to do what’s right, and eventually, you’ll reach your goal. Eric Holder Read Quote
Enforcement priorities and arrest patterns must not lead to disparate treatment under the law, even if such treatment is unintended. And police forces should reflect the diversity of the communities they serve. Eric Holder Read Quote
