I don't even talk about whether or not racial profiling is legal. I just don't think racial profiling is a particularly good law enforcement tool.

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

I am the attorney general of the United States. But I am also a black man.

No individual or company, no matter how large or how profitable, is above the law.

Due process and judicial process are not one and the same, particularly when it comes to national security.

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

The Constitution guarantees due process, not judicial process.

I'll leave here with my head held high and with confidence that history will judge my time here.

Too many Americans go to too many prisons for far too long, and for no truly good law enforcement reason.

The American people can be - and deserve to be - assured that actions taken in their defense are consistent with their values and their laws.

We must stand our ground to ensure that our laws reduce violence and take a hard look at laws that contribute to more violence than they prevent.

Reading is like travel, allowing you to exit your own life for a bit, and to come back with a renewed, even inspired, perspective.

If you get all tangled up, just tango on.

It never ceases to amaze me that in times of amazing human suffering somebody says something that can be so utterly stupid.

Life isn't about finding the answers, life is about knowing there are always more questions.

It's rough being a teenager in this day and age.

Well, I am as much a cheerleader for President Obama as Sen. McConnell is a Chippendale dancer.

We must be diligent today. To wait until tomorrow is too late. Death comes unexpectedly. How can we bargain with it?

I fill my life with a lot of 'busyness' in between jobs. Then I work very hard. Some of it is quite unhealthy. It's compulsive. I don't know what to do about it. I'm a little old to change.

The second fundamental feature of culture is that all culture has an element of striving.

Tears are not arguments.