Janet Reno Quotes

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Janet Reno

Profession : Public Servant

Birth : July 21, 1938

Until the day I die, or until the day I can't think anymore, I want to be involved in the issues that I care about.

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What makes our country unique is its commitment to being open, to making its leaders accountable.

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At this moment I do not have a personal relationship with a computer.

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Anybody that thought that I tried to protect the president has forgotten that I asked for the expansion of the Monica Lewinsky matter.

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Everybody should want to make sure that we have the cyber tools necessary to investigate cyber crimes, and to be prepared to defend against them and to bring people to justice who commit it.

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I had concluded when I was the prosecutor that I would vote against the death penalty if I were in the legislature but that I could ask for it when I was satisfied as to guilt.

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I just try to do my best and make the best judgments I can.

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I was personally opposed to the death penalty, and yet I think I have probably asked for the death penalty more than most people in the United States.

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I worked with some wonderful people, tried my best and I feel comfortable.

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I would like to explore and see this country. I have had so many opportunities to see it from the air! I would like to climb the mountains that I wished I could climb at the time but had to get back to Washington.

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It was not the president's responsibility to run a law enforcement operation. It was ours.

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My earnest hope is that what we started in terms of building partnerships with communities across America will continue, that we will continue our efforts to reduce crime and violence.

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The president really shouldn't be involved in terms of dictating what course the investigation should take.

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There is so much to do, and I want to continue my efforts.

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We tried our best for the longest time to negotiate a peaceful resolution to the matter, and at each step, we were thwarted by those that said, No, we will not turn the boy over to his father.

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We want to continue the efforts against domestic violence and spread the drug courts, and develop real effective means of providing treatment for drug abusers without having to have them arrested.

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We're building on an international network with many others for the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act. There are so many things we can do to carry forward policies.

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I'm not fancy. I'm what I appear to be.

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I would like to visit with people who are so interesting and so... and there are so many wonderful people out there that I would love to have the chance to talk to for a longer time.

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I think, clearly, where you have a situation in which the Solicitor General tells me, 'I cannot in good faith argue a certainly legal position,' and if the president told us to argue that position, we would have to tell him, 'No, we can't do that, Mr. President.'

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