A biography for Alberto Gonzaleshasn’t been written yet.
“I have fully cooperated with the investigation and before the grand jury, and I'm quite confident at the end of the day that we'll know what facts are in this particular case.”
“In order to win the war on terrorism, we have to win the war of information. Information is so very, very valuable. This is an important tool in gathering up information.”
“I'm, you know, having begun my public service in state government. I very much respect the authority of states to make the decisions to provide for its citizen - the safety and welfare of its citizens.”
“I guess I would use my son's word: cool. It was cool to work in the White House.”
“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.”
“You do the best you can, looking at precedent, in trying to anticipate where the Supreme Court is going to draw the balance between the protection of civil liberties and protecting the national security, and in some cases, we guessed wrong.”