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On a personal level, I've seen a lot in my time as attorney general, but few things have affected me as greatly as my visit to Ferguson. I had the chance to meet with the family of Michael Brown. I spoke to them not just as attorney general but as a father of a teenage son myself.

~Eric Holder

Topics: Affected Attorney Attorney General Brown Chance Family Father Few Few Things General Greatly Had Just Level Lot Me Meet Michael Michael Brown My Time Myself Personal Personal Level Seen Son Spoke Teenage Them Things Time Visit

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I was raised - professionally - in the Public Integrity Section. I started in 1976, stayed there for 12 years. It was formed after Watergate by then-head of the Criminal Division Dick Thornburgh, who ultimately became Attorney General.

~Eric Holder

Topics: After Attorney Attorney General Became Criminal Division Formed General Integrity Professionally Public Raised Section Started Stayed Ultimately Watergate Who Years I Was Raised

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There are a whole variety of reasons I want to be attorney general, a whole variety of things that I do as attorney general that go beyond national security.

~Eric Holder

Topics: Attorney Attorney General Beyond General Go National National Security Reasons Security Things Variety Want Whole

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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.

~Eric Holder

Topics: Ability Allow American American People Attorney Attorney General Away Gave General Give Lives People Stand States Take United United States Vote Which Will

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

~Eric Holder

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

~Eric Holder

Topics: Attorney Attorney General Bring Change Change Things Closer Documents Expressed Founding General Ideals Our Responsibility Things Us

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Although the attorney general is a part of the president's team, you're really separate and apart. You have a special responsibility as the nation's chief law enforcement officer. There has to be a distance that you keep - between this department and the White House.

~Eric Holder

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If I were attorney general in Kansas in 1953, I would not have defended a Kansas statute that put in place separate-but-equal facilities.

~Eric Holder

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Kids who I grew up with, who I played ball with, basketball, baseball, and went to parties with - for whatever reason - they ended up in a fundamentally different place than I did. I'm the attorney general of the United States and they are ex-felons.

~Eric Holder

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Ninety-five percent of the work in the attorney general's office is civil litigation and regulatory work, and I think I certainly have a lot more experience in that than most of the folks who have served in the office.

~Eric Schneiderman

Topics: Attorney Certainly Civil Experience Folks General Litigation Lot More Most Office Percent Regulatory Served Than Think Who Work I Think

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