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I'm very happy being attorney general.

The Attorney General is not above the law.

I ran for attorney general to be attorney general.

I've given everything I've got as attorney general.

The attorney general should be enforcing the law, not policy.

America is very fortunate to have Jeff Sessions as Attorney General.

Any attorney general who is not an activist is not doing his or her job.

Salazar's record is one of weakness; he hasn't been a good attorney general.

I have a record as attorney general that is separate from my personal beliefs.

I will not vote in favor of Senator Sessions' nomination for attorney general.

The attorney general is the only one who can authorize what's called an emergency FISA.

As attorney general, I have a duty to defend the laws and constitution of the State of Missouri.

If I am going to pick and choose the laws I defend, I wouldn't be doing my duty as attorney general.

We need an attorney general for the people, not a presidential protector and puppet of the administration.

I was assigned to do a job by the attorney general, and that was to find out whether crimes were committed.

I am running for Attorney General because I believe there is no higher calling than the pursuit of justice.

While I'm the Attorney General, we will address each issue with one question: What's the right thing to do?

I am humbled to have been asked by President-elect Trump to serve as Attorney General of the United States.

I agree with President Obama and Attorney General Holder that we need to reform our criminal sentencing laws.

It probably can take me anywhere I want to be, but I have to be honest, being attorney general is a great job.

As attorney general I see my role as defender both of press freedom and of the fair administration of justice.

The attorney general should be a watchdog for the rule of law, not a lapdog for the president - simple as that.

My job as attorney general has been, in regard to guns, to have oversight in regard to concealed-carry licenses.

Trump's relentless public humiliation of Attorney General Jeff Sessions was clearly intended to get him to resign.

My top priority as Attorney General is to continue the fight against violent crime, and step it up wherever needed.

Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely, and I found that out when I was Attorney General in Massachusetts.

I was approached by friends who encouraged me to run for an open seat - attorney general of Michigan. It was a big risk.

Protecting the rights of service members was an important part of my work as Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights.

To criticize the attorney general for permitting justice to be done without regard to political party is very disturbing.

You know, as attorney general, there's no issue more important than making sure you are safe, that your families are safe.

Our country is fortunate to have Bill Barr, a man of integrity who has served two U.S. Presidents, as our Attorney General.

I served as Attorney General John Ashcroft's chief adviser on immigration law at the U.S. Department of Justice during 2001-03.

No cabinet official has delivered on Donald Trump's key campaign promises more resoundingly than Attorney General Jeff Sessions.

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

June 10, 2002, the day John Ashcroft announced the arrest of Jose Padilla, marked a low point in Ashcroft's career as Attorney General.

I see the job of attorney general as the single most important legal office in the country when you can't trust the federal government.

My wife and daughters work. My campaign manager in 2005 was a working mother. I appointed 5 women to my senior staff as Attorney General.

The job of the Attorney General is very specific. My roll, as the legal adviser, is to defend the constitutionality of the laws as they're passed.

When states like Alabama and Arizona passed some of the harshest immigration laws in history, my Attorney General took them on in court and we won.

As you may know, previously as Attorney General and now as Governor, I have supported legislation to close the gun show loophole in North Carolina.

When I took office in 2011, I made a commitment that the Office of Attorney General would find ways to do more while spending fewer taxpayer dollars.

Kamala Harris is a serious person who as California attorney general tried to tackle tough social problems in a way that most conservatives would support.

At every juncture as Oklahoma's attorney general, Scott Pruitt has consistently chosen to undermine and attack environmental safeguards - not to defend them.

The economy is governed through cartel agreements and monopoly. The attorney general is the one who's controlling funds. There is no free business in Georgia.

In my roles as Deputy State Treasurer and Special Assistant Attorney General, I strove to make government more responsive, transparent, efficient, and proactive.

As attorney general, I can either look into it or I can ignore it because they're a bunch of powerful legislators... and I'm afraid they're going to cut my budget.

I know that Duke made a number of demands, including that the attorney general drop its investigation. We have no intention of asking the attorney general to do that.

I couldn't do that as attorney general. Why? Because they are my clients. You can't say they're not doing what they ought to be doing when you are the attorney general.

The political status legislation which emerged in Congress in 1990 and 1991 did not receive the support needed for enactment into law during my tenure as Attorney General.

The Attorney General of the United States is, of course, not the president's lawyer. The AG is supposed to be the attorney for the United States, protecting the rule of law.

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