Though this nation has proudly thought of itself as an ethnic melting pot, in things racial we have always been and I believe continue to be, in too many ways, essentially a nation of cowards

If you want to call me an activist attorney general, I will proudly accept that label.

I think there are too many people in jail for too long and for not necessarily good reasons.

I'm not going to let people who work in the United States Department of Justice have their characters be assailed without any basis.

Saturdays and Sundays, America in the year 2009 does not in some ways differ significantly from the country that existed almost 50 years ago. This is truly sad.

We are not programmed to bury our kids.

With all do respect, senator, I don't think this is an appropriate setting for me to discuss that issue. I'd be more than glad to come back in an appropriate setting to discuss the issues that you have raised.