Janet Reno Quotes - Page 2

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• Based on my experience as a prosecutor in Miami, illegal immigration is one of the most critical issues facing this country. As a prosecutor, I felt the burden of it. I think what's important... is for the state and the federal government and for local governments to work together to do everything possible to control illegal immigration in a comprehensive way.

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  Country, Thinking, Government

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• The diesel engine industry has illegally poured millions of tons of pollution into the air, .. It's time for the industry to clean up its act, and it's time for it to clean up the air.

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  Air, Cleanliness, Pollution

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• There is so much to do, and I want to continue my efforts.

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  Effort, Want

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• It doesn't matter to criminals if the event is called a gun show or a flea market -- if they can buy guns.

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  Gun, Criminals, Events

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• I always wait until a jury has spoken before I anticipate what they will do.

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  Waiting, Jury, Anticipate

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• Gun registration is not enough.

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  Gun, Second Amendment, Enough

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• The president really shouldn't be involved in terms of dictating what course the investigation should take.

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  President, Should, Investigation

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• We're building on an international network with many others for the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act. There are so many things we can do to carry forward policies.

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  Disability, Building, Passages

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• Nothing can make me madder than lawyers who don't care about others.

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  Care, Lawyer, Don't Care

  1993 Address to theAmerican BarAssociation. In the NewYork Times, 9 Aug.

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• I'm just an awkward old maid with a very great affection for men.

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  Men, Awkward, Maids

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• But it is not our place to punish a father for his political beliefs or where he wants to raise his child. Indeed, if we were to start judging parents on the basis of their political beliefs, we would change the concept of family for the rest of time.

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  Children, Father, Judging

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• I worked with some wonderful people, tried my best and I feel comfortable.

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  Hypnosis, People, Wonderful

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• My earnest hope is that what we started in terms of building partnerships with communities across America will continue, that we will continue our efforts to reduce crime and violence.

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  America, Effort, Community

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• I have inquired for most of my adult life, about studies that might show that the death penalty is a deterrent, and I have not seen any research that would substantiate that point.

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  Adults, Research, Might

  Janet Reno during weekly Press Conference, www.justice.gov. January 20, 2000.

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• I had concluded when I was the prosecutor that I would vote against the death penalty if I were in the legislature but that I could ask for it when I was satisfied as to guilt.

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  Guilt, Death Penalty, Vote

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• The Department of Justice transcends party because we're building on the Weed and Seed program.

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  Weed, Party, Marijuana

  "Exit Interview: Janet Reno". Interview with Jim Lehrer, www.pbs.org. January 17, 2001.

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• These tanks were like a good rent-a-car.

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  Car, Tanks, Politics

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• We have initiated programs for re-entry offenders, since some 500,000 to 600,000 offenders will come out of prison each year for the next three or four years. We want to have positive alternatives when they come back to the community.

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  Years, Community, Want

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• I was personally opposed to the death penalty, and yet I think I have probably asked for the death penalty more than most people in the United States.

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  Thinking, People, United States

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• We are trying to identify employers that might be [hiring illegal aliens] and to take effective action against them. We're trying to make sure that employers that want to cooperate have a system whereby they can verify the employment status of a person that they are seeking to hire. It is part of a comprehensive initiative in which we look both at the border, at the workplace, at criminal aliens, in an attempt to have a comprehensive effort aimed at stopping illegal immigration while at the same time promoting legal immigration according to principles of due process.

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  Effort, Trying, Principles

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• I don't think that the economy can absorb a massive flow of immigration that does not relate to the issue of persecution.

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  Thinking, Issues, Immigration

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• Hate crimes based on sexual orientation are among the three top reported hate crimes, after race and religion. Our law should not ignore that reality.

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  Hate, Reality, Race

  Janet Reno's Weekly Media Availability, www.justice.gov. October 19, 2000.

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• If America's tv and movie producers are unwilling to clean up their act... when it comes to sex, bloodshed and violence in their programming... the government stands ready to step in.

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  Sex, Government, America

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• If somebody thinks I have an integrity problem, then the honest thing to do is to tell me what they think it is and let me address it.

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  Integrity, Thinking, Addresses

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