Eric Holder

People feel uncomfortable talking about racial issues out of fear that if they express things, they will be characterized in a way that's not fair. I think that there is still a need for a dialogue about things racial that we've not engaged in. ”

Though this nation has proudly thought of itself as an ethnic melting pot, in things racial we have always been and continue to be, in too many ways, essentially a nation of cowards. ”

Smart on Crime says if you commit violent crimes, you should go to jail, and go to jail for extended periods of time. For people who are engaged in non-violent crimes - any crimes, for that matter - we are looking for sentences that are proportionate to the conduct that you engaged in. ”

I'm a prosecutor first and foremost, and as a judge, I put people in jail for extended periods of time when that was appropriate. ”

It is the thing that keeps me up at night - the notion that you have individuals in the United States who are looking at computer screens and who are becoming radicalized. ”

Whether it is an attempt to bomb the New York City subway system, an attempt to bring down an airplane over Detroit, an attempt to set off a bomb in Times Square... I think that gives us a sense of the breadth of the challenges that we face, and the kinds of things that our enemy is trying to do. ”

It pains me whenever there's the death of a law enforcement official. ”

I am not a proponent of the death penalty, but I will enforce the law as this Congress gives it to us. ”

Due process and judicial process are not one and the same, particularly when it comes to national security. ”

The Constitution guarantees due process, not judicial process. ”