"I believe that it is important for the American people to know that when an individual is sentenced to prison they are not subjected to cruel and inhuman punishment under the Constitution at a minimum."
"We cannot forget victims' rights."
"We need to be accurate in what we say."
"I would not commit, at this time, to appointing a special counsel when I am not aware of a precise factual situation that would be in play."
"I would hope you would stand solidly against it."
"I remember almost all the cases had an interstate commerce nexus. It was not the theft of an automobile that you prosecuted."
"agencies oftentimes see themselves as independent fiefdoms."
"I welcome your condemnation of the Ku Klux Klan."
"It is perfectly legitimate for prisoners to work, but in decent conditions."
"The Solicitor General... has a duty, the Department of Justice does, to defend the laws passed by this body, by Congress."
"Well, it can fail to enforce it by setting prosecutorial policies with regard to declining to prosecute whole chunks of cases and, in effect, eliminate a statute."