We are not programmed to bury our kids.

You constantly hear about voter fraud... but you don't see huge amounts of vote fraud out there.

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.

I am the attorney general of the United States. But I am also a black man.

No individual or company, no matter how large or how profitable, is above the law.

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

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

The Constitution guarantees due process, not judicial process.

I'll leave here with my head held high and with confidence that history will judge my time here.

Too many Americans go to too many prisons for far too long, and for no truly good law enforcement reason.

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

Difficult do you call it, Sir? I wish it were impossible. [on hearing a famous violinist]

A man is rich not only by what he has, but also, and above all, by what he doesn't.

Take a wrong turn. Get lost in something you love.

An apprentice was unquestioningly loyal until the moment he wasn't. Both Master and apprentice knew this.

This lesser world is all about reproduction, as you might well know. Those who cease to duplicate simply die.

I certainly feel sad about the alienation from my son.

With a little hoard of maxims preaching down a daughter's heart.

All of your life you have been told that God created you. I come now to tell you this: You are creating God.

It is an obvious and blatant stupidity beyond my ability to articulate how dumb it is for us not to teach our children how to run the government.

Love is like a reservoir of kindness and pleasure, like silos and pools during a siege.