Jeff Sessions
Hybart is a little community I grew up in, so it was just a wonderful time in those years.
My great-great-great-grandfather or something, I think his father came before him; but, in the 1840s, he was a circuit-riding Baptist preacher.
My father never ran for office or supported anybody for office, and was not engaged in that at all.
I am humbled to have been asked by President-elect Trump to serve as Attorney General of the United States.
My previous 15 years working in the Department of Justice were extraordinarily fulfilling. I love the Department, its people and its mission. I can think of no greater honor than to lead them.
Donald Trump is right. We need to figure out a way to end this cycle of hostility that's putting this country at risk, costing us billions of dollars in defense, and creating hostility that should not exist.
We have a lot of bad leaders around the world that operate in ways we would never tolerate in the United States.
The question is, can we have a more peaceful, effective relationship with Russia, utilizing interests that are similar in a realistic way to make this world a safer place and get off this dangerous hostility with Russia.
Trump has a way of driving a message so people hear it.
You don't have a constitutional right or a moral right to demand entry into any country.
My belief is that the nation-state remains the one entity that can function, the one entity that can demand sacrifice from its constituents in the national interest.
I am not the Jeff Sessions my detractors have tried to create. I am not a racist. I am not insensitive to blacks.
I'm often loose with my tongue. I may have said something about the NAACP being un-American or Communist, but I meant no harm by it.
I recall saying that civil rights organizations, when they demand more than is legitimate, it hurts their position.
I have never used the word 'boy' to describe a black, nor would I tolerate it in my office.
It is clear that IDEA '97 not only undermines the educational process, it also undermines the authority of educators.
Is our national goal to place as many people on welfare, food stamp support, as we can possibly put on that program? Is that our goal? Is that a moral vision for the United States of America, just to see how many people we can place in a situation where they're dependent on the federal government for their food?
Republicans do not believe in identity politics.
I think people are free to marry any way they want to. But churches are free to set standards for marriage.
Our nation needs to say clearly once again that using drugs will destroy your life.
I cannot and will not violate my duty to protect confidential communications with the president.
I think it is likely that within every department there are some officers who subtly, if not otherwise, are biased in the way they go about enforcing the law. I think that is just life. We know that to be true.
It is not legitimate that an American citizen feels that they are more likely to be arrested or held to account or stopped and searched than someone else simply because of the color of their skin.
I do think it's a real problem when we have 'Black Lives Matter' making statements that are really radical, that are absolutely false.
It is a core principle that prosecutors should charge and pursue the most serious readily provable offense.
Drug trafficking is an inherently dangerous and violent business.
I like to discuss things. I am open: I like to discuss with liberals better than I do with conservatives.
All of us know that when the confidence of a private conversation is breached by a party with ulterior motives or one who simply misunderstands what the speaker says or means, the speaker can always be embarrassed.
You know the discrimination: African-Americans couldn't go to certain schools, they couldn't use certain restrooms, there were other kinds of routine biases against them.
Whereas the handling of the case against President Nixon clearly strengthened the nation's respect for law, justice and truth, the Clinton impeachment may unfortunately have the opposite result.
At a time when this country needs a good military, the last thing we need to be doing is turning out of our military of people who served and then bringing in people who are illegally in the country.
Know when cities and states refuse to help enforce immigration laws, our nation is less safe.
Failure to deport aliens who are convicted for criminal offenses puts whole communities at risk - especially immigrant communities in the very sanctuary jurisdictions that seek to protect the perpetrators.
All of us who work in law enforcement want to keep people safe. That is the heart of our jobs; it is what drives us every day.
I worry that we risk losing the hard-won gains that have made America a safer and more prosperous place.
Congress has taken an action now that makes it absolutely improper and illegal to use waterboarding... or any other form of torture by our military and by our other departments and agencies.
This country does not punish its political enemies. What this country ensures is that no one is above the law.
The caricature of me in 1986 was not correct. I do not harbor the kind of animosity and race-based discrimination ideas that I was accused of. I did not.
You do not walk into any hearing or committee meeting and reveal confidential communications with the president of the United States, who's entitled to receive confidential communications in your best judgment about a host of issues.
It's not so much the attorney general's job to decide what laws to enforce. We should do our jobs and enforce laws effectively as we're able.
Good people don't smoke marijuana.Collection: Marijuana
We don't pay judges to think; we pay judges to rule on the law.Collection: Thinking
The civil libertarians among us would rather defend the constitution than protect our nation's security.Collection: Libertarian
I understand Donald Trump's goals. That's why I supported him for president. I share his beliefs that we've got to do more about crime, more about illegal immigration, more about gangs and violence and it's an honor and a pleasure to be able to lead that effort.Collection: Goal
We represent our constituents. And so they don't get to dictate policy.Collection: Policy
I am not stonewalling. I am following the historic policies of the Department of Justice.Collection: Justice
I deeply understand the history of civil rights and the horrendous impact that relentless and systemic discrimination and the denial of voting rights has had on our African-American brothers and sisters. I have witnessed it.Collection: Brother
Some of my best friends are FBI agents.Collection: Fbi Agents
I am totally committed to maintaining the freedom and equality America has to provide to every citizen.Collection: America