Eric Holder actually said...

"We have always been and we, I believe, continue to be in too many ways essentially a nation of cowards. Though race-related issues continue to occupy a significant portion of our political discussion ..."

"Attorney General Holder, his own comments today on race and whether America, as he said, a nation of cowards."

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

"I don't think there's any question but that we're at war. I think to be honest, I think our Nation didn't realize that we're at war when, in fact, we were."