I just don't like greedy, indifferent, selfish lawyers. And there are not that many of them.
— Janet Reno
I admire law enforcement agents who put their lives on the line to enforce the law while building trust and understanding within a community and around the world. I honor those who seek justice for all the people of this country.
Our challenge is to remind ourselves that we do have common interest, common grounds, and common dreams.
The keystone to justice is the belief that the legal system treats all fairly.
The Justice Department is staunchly committed to ensuring that all Americans are treated in a fair and just manner.
Young people have such tremendous energy.
The Bar Association can do so much in teaching people how to resolve conflicts without knives and guns and fists.
There are those who profess to support law enforcement but who have attempted to undermine the efforts of hard-working officers who make difficult decisions.
We must honor, protect and support our police officers and their families every day of the year.
In 1960, when I graduated from college, people told me a woman couldn't go to law school. And when I graduated from law school, people told me, 'Law firms won't hire you.'
Too many Americans mistrust their government. And unnecessary government secrecy feeds this mistrust.
Simply put, if we can reduce the risk while increasing protection during the course of a young person's life, we can prevent problems and promote the healthy development of our children, our families, our economy, and the institutions we hold dear.
We've got to make sure that the young, violent, serious juvenile offender is punished, that it's fair punishment, that it's punishment that fits the crime and that is understood and that is anticipated and expected.
I have learned that raising children is the single most difficult thing in the world to do. It takes hard work, love, luck, and a lot of energy, and it is the most rewarding experience that you can ever have.
I made a promise to myself when I graduated from law school that I would never do anything that I didn't enjoy doing, and almost every day of the year since that June of 1963, I have awakened glad that I was going to work, glad that I was going to court, glad that I was going to grapple with a problem.
The lawyers who really begin to address the problems of their clients address them without recourse to our courts, although that recourse is absolutely essential in providing leverage.
I think lawyers who engage in pro bono service to protect those who cannot help themselves are truly the heroes and the heroines of the legal profession.
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.
I love good and caring lawyers who are advocates, who are defenders, who are problem-solvers, and who are peacemakers.
We simply must find ways both to bridge the differences that still seem to divide us and focus on the things that we share.
Stereotypes should never influence policy or public opinion.
I think our young people are our most precious possession.
I think young people can make such an extraordinarily important difference in making this world a better place.
We recognize that violence is a learned behavior. One of the best classrooms for learning violence is in the home.
We, the American people, owe the nation's police officers our deepest gratitude, our best efforts, and our strong support, for they have done so much for us against such great odds.
What we must do is to sit down together as reasonable people and make our government do what is right, and stop doing what may be wrong-headed or wasteful.
In 1960, I earned my Chemistry Degree from Cornell University.
While service in the Department of Justice is itself one of the highest forms of public service, the Department further strides to increase access to justice for all and to strengthen our communities.
We're all in this together, and we all have to make an investment in our most precious possession and in the foundation of our future: our young people.
Do and act on what you believe to be right, and you'll wake up the next morning feeling good about yourself.
One of the most important parts of my life has been community.
As a child, I wanted to be a lawyer because I thought lawyers and the law were wonderful. But they are more wonderful, I think, than I had thought.
Most lawyers aren't trial lawyers. Most lawyers, even trial lawyers, don't get their problems solved in a courtroom. We like to go to court. It seems heroic to go to court. We think we're the new, great advocates, better than anything we've seen on TV, and we come home exhilarated by having gone to court.
Let us develop an agenda for children that says we can do something about teen pregnancy. Let us make sure that parents are old enough, wise enough, and financially able to take care of their children.
Unless the law issues from all of the people, some of the people will feel left out. They will come to feel alienated. They will be angry. And this will not be a cohesive democracy.
We must heal the divisions caused by intolerance and bigotry.
When I went to law school, I had Roger Fisher for Civil Procedure. I never heard anything about negotiations.
Diversity is valued, and it is prized. We learn to appreciate each other and each other's struggles. From diversity, we draw our enormous and our lasting strength.
Peer mediation is a chance for students to work with other students to help them resolve problems, arguments, disagreements without having to get the teacher or the administration involved.
A street criminal can steal only what he can carry, but with a stroke of a pen, the dialing of a telephone or the pushing of a computer key, the white collar criminal can and does steal billions.
I didn't like the Feds coming to town when I was in Miami, telling me what to do. I didn't like them coming to town and thinking that they knew more about Miami than I do.
We must try to understand the true weight of law enforcement officers' burdens.
Each generation looks to its children to keep our society moving and to make life better.
What makes our country unique is its commitment to being open, to making its leaders accountable.
Being a lawyer is not merely a vocation. It is a public trust, and each of us has an obligation to give back to our communities.
I get accused of being a social worker every now and then.
Draw great strength from your family and give in turn to those who come after you.
We cannot forget the need to use the law as a shield, but we must remember other forces of the law.
The law as a profession has provided me with more satisfaction than I ever dreamed.
It's fine to get paid and get a big verdict, but to go out and represent people, sometimes in unglamorous ways, is really what lawyering is all about.
