Sometimes we’re tone-deaf in Washington, and we listen only to ourselves. We do not hear the cry of people who want answers, want action, want protection, and have some darn good ideas as to how to provide it if only we would listen. Janet Reno Read Quote
One of the problems in America is that everybody focuses on their own narrow little bit of the problem without connecting punishment and prevention together, without connecting the schools and the police together, without connecting the pediatricians and the social workers together. Janet Reno Read Quote
If the end brings me out right, what people said about me won’t make any difference, and if the end brings me out wrong, 10 angels saying I was right won’t make any difference. Janet Reno Read Quote
I want to do what I can to make the law make sense to citizens and businesses alike. I want the laws to assist them in worthwhile endeavors, not to stand as bureaucratic obstacles. Janet Reno Read Quote
Under a death penalty statute that is going to stand up to constitutional muster, you look at the aggravating circumstances and the mitigating circumstances. Janet Reno Read Quote
We want to look at everything we can do that’s right and proper under federal law, and with federal laws to see that the children of America are given a chance to grow as strong, constructive, healthy human beings. It’s the best investment we can possibly make in America. Janet Reno Read Quote
I think that a woman’s right to choose should be protected. I think it should be protected from physical conduct that prevents that right to choose from being freely exercised. Janet Reno Read Quote
While I’m the Attorney General, we will address each issue with one question: What’s the right thing to do? Janet Reno Read Quote
