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.
The keystone to justice is the belief that the legal system treats all fairly.
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.
Do and act on what you believe to be right, and you'll wake up the next morning feeling good about yourself.
We simply must find ways both to bridge the differences that still seem to divide us and focus on the things that we share.
My mother taught us to play baseball, to bake a cake, to play fair - she beat the living daylights out of us sometimes, and she loved us with all her heart; she taught her favorite poets, and there is no child care in the world that will ever be a substitute for what that lady was in our life.
The good lawyer is the great salesman.
Until the day I die, or until the day I can't think anymore, I want to be involved in the issues that I care about.
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.
It is the police of America who are on the front lines, who are on the streets, who are in the daily contact with American citizens, who translate the dreams of American citizens when they succeed and frustrate the dreams when they fail.
I think one of the keys to any crime-prevention program that's got to be developed is to focus on punishment - to let people know that there is a sanction and a punishment for hurting others.
This is a beautiful country. Each of us has a favorite river, a mountain, just a patch of sky for some of us. I want to use the law to make sure that the waters, the land, and the skies of this nation are protected.
While I'm the Attorney General, we will address each issue with one question: What's the right thing to do?
Each generation looks to its children to keep our society moving and to make life better.
I was personally opposed to the death penalty, and yet I think I have probably asked for the death penalty more than most people in the United States.
I collected child support in Dade County, and they wrote a rap song about me, so the kids knew about it, and they started asking me questions about child support. What happens if she wastes the money? What happens if he doesn't pay? And I answered the questions.
I'm vitally interested in cyber crime and in preparing law enforcement for a time when crime is international in its origins and its consequences.
What has too often happened in the past is that people have threatened punishment but have failed to carry it out. It's imperative in any initiative that is undertaken that punishment be real and that there be truth in sentencing, and that the truly dangerous offenders - the recidivists and the career criminals - be put away and kept away.
I worked with some wonderful people, tried my best and I feel comfortable.
Our challenge is to remind ourselves that we do have common interest, common grounds, and common dreams.
