But the Congress has made the determination that certain kinds of information can be protected even though the American people may want to have access to information.

I will be the first to admit I am not perfect and I make mistakes.

I want to be clear. No company is too big to be prosecuted. We have zero tolerance for corporate fraud, but we also recognize the importance of avoiding collateral consequences whenever possible.

I have lived the American dream. Even my worst days as attorney general have been better than my father's best days.

In this job, you're going to make decisions. You'll say things that some people are going to love them, some people are going to hate them. It's just part of the job.

Our hearts and prayers go out to the people in London and in Egypt. We're very concerned about it. We are providing our expertise to aid in the investigation in London.

I consider myself a casualty, one of the many casualties of the war on terror.

Well, first of all, let me say that - let me remind your viewers that I am recused from this investigation, and what I said this weekend is not anything new.

Access to information and freedom of access to it may seem like a fundamental right but there are many people who think, rightly or wrongly, it is for your own good that it is hidden.

Well, there is an attorney-client privilege here that needs to be respected, and it's a privilege that has been found to be worthy of protection by our courts.

There is no express grant of habeas in the Constitution. There's a prohibition against taking it away.

When I dare to be powerful--to use my strength in the service of my vision--then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.

To teach is to learn twice.

I'm laughing because I know the secret of life. And the secret of life is that I have validated my existence. I know that I am worth more than my house, my bank account, or any physical thing.

What is man without the beasts? If all the beasts were gone, men would die from great loneliness of spirit

I thought I should be stronger than was possible.

Christ is born: glorify Him. Christ comes from heaven: go out to meet Him. Christ descends to earth: let us be raised on high.

Thought and action must never part company.

Free enterprise has done more to lift people out of poverty, to help build a strong middle class, to help educate our kids, and to make our lives better than all the programs of government combined.

You never knew this, but I was in love. Okay, infatuated, but it felt like love at the time.

My short stories have always pushed twenty pages. That's no length for a short story to be. You either do them short like Carver or you stop trying.