Loretta Lynch Quotes

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Loretta Lynch

Profession : Public Servant

Birth : May 21, 1959

What we must not do - what we must never do - is turn on our neighbors, our family members, our fellow Americans, for something they cannot control, and deny what makes them human.

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Voting is how we participate in a civic society - be it for president, be it for a municipal election. It's the way we teach our children - in school elections - how to be citizens, and the importance of their voice.

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We all have a responsibility to protect endangered species, both for their sake and for the sake of our own future generations.

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Everyone wants to be seen. Everyone wants to be heard. Everyone wants to be recognized as the person that they are and not a stereotype or an image.

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I believe that the death penalty is an effective penalty.

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The power to arrest - to deprive a citizen of liberty - must be used fairly, responsibly, and without bias.

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It's a great thing to live in a digital age. It's convenient; it's fast.

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This country was founded on a promise of equal rights for all, and we have always managed to move closer to that promise, little by little, one day at a time. It may not be easy - but we'll get there together.

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Let us not act out of fear and misunderstanding, but out of the values of inclusion, diversity, and regard for all that make our country great.

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It's the choices that you make and the things that you're willing to accept and not accept that define who you are.

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I think that overall, the position - on a whole host of issues - should always be toward inclusion and equality.

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We must reject the easy impulses of bitterness and rancor and embrace the difficult work, but the important work, the vital work of finding a path forward together.

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Criminal conduct by police officers, federal agents, and their confederates cannot be tolerated and will be met with the full force of the law.

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Certainly, by providing individuals coming out of institutions with ways to become productive citizens, we reduce recidivism. What that means is we reduce crime. There are fewer victims when individuals have options - when they have job skills, when they have life skills, we break the cycle of children following their parents into institutions.

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Those who store, package, and sell the food we serve our families have a responsibility to maintain basic standards of cleanliness in their facilities.

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What is the price of justice? What is the price of justice? When bail is set unreasonably high, people are behind bars only because they are poor. Not because they're a danger or a flight risk - only because they are poor. They don't have money to get out of jail and they certainly don't have money to flee anywhere.

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The motto of the Netherlands is translated into English as 'I will uphold.' But I want you to know that, as we go forward, our message together is not just 'I will uphold,' but 'we will uphold.'

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Building trust between law enforcement officers and the communities we serve is one of my highest priorities as attorney general.

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A license to practice law is not a license to violate it.

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To the extent residency preferences prevent families and senior citizens from purchasing homes because of race, ethnicity or color, the preferences violate federal law and cannot be tolerated.

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