Top 154 Quotes & Sayings by Janet Reno - Page 3

Sometimes we're tone-deaf in Washington, and we listen only to ourselves. We do not hear the cry of people who want answers, want action, want protection, and have some darn good ideas as to how to provide it if only we would listen.

I made the decision long ago that to be afraid would be to diminish my life.

I made the decision. I'm accountable.

We are trying to identify employers that might be [hiring illegal aliens] and to take effective action against them. We're trying to make sure that employers that want to cooperate have a system whereby they can verify the employment status of a person that they are seeking to hire. It is part of a comprehensive initiative in which we look both at the border, at the workplace, at criminal aliens, in an attempt to have a comprehensive effort aimed at stopping illegal immigration while at the same time promoting legal immigration according to principles of due process.

The diesel engine industry has illegally poured millions of tons of pollution into the air, .. It's time for the industry to clean up its act, and it's time for it to clean up the air.

But it is not our place to punish a father for his political beliefs or where he wants to raise his child. Indeed, if we were to start judging parents on the basis of their political beliefs, we would change the concept of family for the rest of time.

We have the authority to take action, but responsible authority means not only being able to take action, but knowing when and how to take that action.

Haters are cowards. When confronted they often back down. We must resist haters.

It might be that some day I shall be drowned by the sea, or die of pneumonia from sleeping out at night, or be robbed and strangled by strangers. These things happen. Even so, I shall be ahead because of trusting the beach, the night and strangers.

I'm just an awkward old maid with a very great affection for men.

The Department of Justice transcends party because we're building on the Weed and Seed program.

Nothing can make me madder than lawyers who don't care about others.

Hate crimes based on sexual orientation are among the three top reported hate crimes, after race and religion. Our law should not ignore that reality.

This is a serious problem of major concern, and we have got to approach it in a way that is consistent with this nation's tradition as a nation of immigrants, focusing on legal immigration, supporting that in the right way and doing everything possible consistent with the Constitution to control illegal immigration, and we will continue in those efforts.

Gun registration is not enough.

The most effective means of fighting crime in the United States is to outlaw the possession of any type of firearm by the civilian populace.

These tanks were like a good rent-a-car.

Microsoft is unlawfully taking advantage of its Windows monopoly to protect and to extend that monopoly and undermine consumer choice.

The U.S. government alleges that for the past 45 years, the companies that manufacture and sell tobacco have waged an intentional and coordinated campaign of deceit.

Nobody should be owning a gun which does not have a sporting purpose.

They have computers, and they may have other weapons of mass destruction.

America has become numb to violence because it just drowns in it, day in and day out.

A Cultist is one who has a strong belief in the Bible and the Second Coming of Christ; who frequently attends Bible studies; who has a high level of financial giving to a Christian cause; who home schools his children; who has accumulated survival foods and has a strong belief in the 2nd Amendment, and who distrusts Big Government.

Just remember, strength and courage. If you stand on principle, you'll never lose.

Based on my experience as a prosecutor in Miami, illegal immigration is one of the most critical issues facing this country. As a prosecutor, I felt the burden of it. I think what's important... is for the state and the federal government and for local governments to work together to do everything possible to control illegal immigration in a comprehensive way.

People have it so good in America that they get bored very easily. And when people get bored they start protesting things.

I'm just an old maid with an attraction to men.

If America's tv and movie producers are unwilling to clean up their act... when it comes to sex, bloodshed and violence in their programming... the government stands ready to step in.

I always wait until a jury has spoken before I anticipate what they will do.

Vengeance is a personal reaction. But not one that government can indulge in.

It doesn't matter to criminals if the event is called a gun show or a flea market -- if they can buy guns.

The Department of Justice is committed to asking one central question of everything we do: What is the right thing to do? Now that can produce debate, and I want it to be spirited debate. I want the lawyers of America to be able to call me and tell me: Janet, have you lost your mind?

I have inquired for most of my adult life, about studies that might show that the death penalty is a deterrent, and I have not seen any research that would substantiate that point.

I don't think that the economy can absorb a massive flow of immigration that does not relate to the issue of persecution.