Loretta Lynch

“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.”

“Russell Defreitas plotted to commit a terrorist attack that he hoped would rival 9/11.”

“Particularly over the last few decades, technological innovation has offered opportunities to bring people and nations together - but it has also created significant new challenges to law enforcement.”

“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.”

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

“Almost one in three Americans has had some contact with the criminal justice system. When you reach that saturation point, people begin to understand, in a very visceral way, the difficulties of reentry.”

“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.”

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

“If we're going to have the view that we're going to protect everyone in this society equally, we have to mean it.”

“Let us reflect on the obvious but often neglected lesson that state-sanctioned discrimination never looks good in hindsight.”

“What I have realized is I cannot guarantee the absence of discrimination or hatred or prejudice, but I can guarantee the presence of justice.”

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

“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.”

“I find that people want aggressive policing if they as a community feel they are part of it. They don't want aggressive policing if they feel it's being imposed upon them and they are a target.”

“When suspicion and hostility is allowed to fester, it can erupt into unrest.”

“We don't always choose moments. You know, sometimes they choose us.”

“The American people must be able to trust that their courts and law enforcement will uphold, protect, and defend their constitutional rights.”

“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.”

“Every American expects and deserves the protection of law enforcement that is effective, responsive, respectful and, most importantly, constitutional.”

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