Explore Quotes by Janet Reno

Our challenge is to remind ourselves that we do have common interest, common grounds, and common dreams.

Unless the law issues from all of the people, some of the people will feel left out. They will come to feel alienated. They will be angry. And this will not be a cohesive democracy.

I admire law enforcement agents who put their lives on the line to enforce the law while building trust and understanding within a community and around the world. I honor those who seek justice for all the people of this country.

We simply must find ways both to bridge the differences that still seem to divide us and focus on the things that we share.

The Justice Department is staunchly committed to ensuring that all Americans are treated in a fair and just manner.

Peer mediation is a chance for students to work with other students to help them resolve problems, arguments, disagreements without having to get the teacher or the administration involved.

The Bar Association can do so much in teaching people how to resolve conflicts without knives and guns and fists.

What we must do is to sit down together as reasonable people and make our government do what is right, and stop doing what may be wrong-headed or wasteful.

In 1960, I earned my Chemistry Degree from Cornell University.

Too many Americans mistrust their government. And unnecessary government secrecy feeds this mistrust.

We're all in this together, and we all have to make an investment in our most precious possession and in the foundation of our future: our young people.

I have learned that raising children is the single most difficult thing in the world to do. It takes hard work, love, luck, and a lot of energy, and it is the most rewarding experience that you can ever have.

The lawyers who really begin to address the problems of their clients address them without recourse to our courts, although that recourse is absolutely essential in providing leverage.

It helps to know how to lose. You know it is not the end of the world, and you pick yourself up and move ahead.

America, in all its institutions, whether it be the family or government, has forgotten and neglected its children.

Schools can do extraordinary things given the chance; teachers can do remarkable things if we eliminate the paperwork that sometimes binds them and give them a chance to really teach in our schools.

I love lawyers. And I like to talk to lawyers, and I like to engage in a spirited discussion with lawyers.

The law is very special to me.

U.S. attorneys have taught me a lot over the years, and in the Southern district of Florida, they have been to me partners.

A cop by themselves on every corner is not going to make that much difference.

Police and prosecutors and the courts have got to talk together.