“We should never again have an attorney general capable of saying virtu...” — Benjamin Wittes Quote

“We should never again have an attorney general capable of saying virtually nothing as the law of major intelligence programs and the integrity of his department's work in overseeing these programs are assailed over a protracted period of time.”

“The nature of constitutional delegations of power is that they entitle the empowered official to do certain things that other people can't do.”

“While I oppose the death penalty as a policy matter, in a legal culture in which we reserve the right to execute people for relatively routine street crimes, it seems quite absurd for the justice system to get squeamish about executing the operational masterminds of Sept. 11.”

“I'm very happy being attorney general.”

“I had a dream to be an attorney. I don't know if I ever would've passed the bar or not, but that was my dream.”

“When I was a young man, I used to dream maybe someday I could be an alderman. Instead of that I became an attorney general, a senator, a vice president, a Democratic nominee.”