Eric Holder

I'm a hard headed lawyer. ”

I don't have any intention of resigning. ”

I think that people, despite my law enforcement background, view me as taking these consistently progressive stands, and I think that, philosophically, there is a desire to get at that person. But I think the stands I have taken are totally consistent with a person who is looking at things realistically, factually. ”

The American people can be - and deserve to be - assured that actions taken in their defense are consistent with their values and their laws. ”

I'm attorney general of the United States. I will not stand for - I will not allow people to take away that which people gave their lives to give, and that is the ability for the American people to vote. ”

Michael Brown's tragic death has revealed a deep distrust between some in the Ferguson community and its police force. It also developed a need to develop and widely disseminate law enforcement best practices for responding to public demonstrations. ”

The responsibility of the attorney general is to change things and bring us closer to the ideals expressed in our founding documents. ”

When it comes to police officers, I have concerns about the training that they receive. This whole notion of implicit bias, looking at people and having stereotypical reactions to them on the basis of their ethnicity. ”

Though race-related issues continue to occupy a significant portion of our political discussion, and though there remain many unresolved racial issues in this nation, we, average Americans, simply do not talk enough with each other about things racial. ”

I don't even talk about whether or not racial profiling is legal. I just don't think racial profiling is a particularly good law enforcement tool. ”