I think that what I'm doing is right. And election-year politics, which intensifies everything, is not going to drive me off that course.

Though race-related issues continue to occupy a significant portion of our political discussion, and though there remain many unresolved racial issues in this nation, we, average Americans, simply do not talk enough with each other about things racial.

I think that what I'm doing is right. And election-year politics, which intensifies everything, is not going to drive me off that course.

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

You constantly hear about voter fraud... but you don't see huge amounts of vote fraud out there.

There are a whole variety of reasons I want to be attorney general, a whole variety of things that I do as attorney general that go beyond national security.

I look forward to working with the NRA to come up with ways in which we can use common sense approaches to reduce the level of violence that we see - in our streets, and make the American people as safe as they possibly can be.