Eric Holder

concerned that the size of some of these institutions becomes so large that it does become difficult for us to prosecute them when, . . . if you do bring a criminal charge, it will have a negative impact on the national economy, perhaps…

If we are going to be really cracking down on gun crime, there are reasonable explanations as to why we have those numbers.

I think we are dealing there with a hypothetical in a world that I think does not exist.

I think there is going to be a greater effort at transparency.

I expect that Secretary Hagel will as well. But to the extent that we at the Justice Department can help in that effort, we want to do all that we can.

DOMA was one of those. We thought there was not a reasonable basis to defend the statute applying that heightened scrutiny standard.

If you align yourself with al Qaeda, you are, in fact, taking arms against your Nation, and you then will be subject to the full weight of the American military.

I think that we have to try to use drug courts to a greater extent than we do.

I am determined to ensure that those responsible for the acts that led to the deaths of these three brave individuals are brought to justice.

Well, we have taken certain actions. We have filed statewide lawsuits against Rhode Island, as well as Louisiana.

Well, I do not think New Orleans would have been better served by having people with AR-15s in the post-Katrina environment.

The possibility, the feasibility of capture was difficult in foreign lands.

The President, the White House, was not involved in the operational component of Fast and Furious.

It is not off the cuff. It is not off the cuff.

I do not think enhanced interrogation techniques, as those have been defined, should ever be used against anybody for any purpose. They are ineffective. They are inconsistent with how we think of ourselves as a Nation, and some of them are…

The Government has no intention to carry out any drone strikes in the United States.

I think that is a good use of prosecutorial discretion, to look at the conduct, regardless of what the statutory maximums were.

The South is a different place. And yet the need for Section 5 is still evident.

the urgency of our public safety efforts has really come into sharp focus.

I think that is something that is worthy of conversation, consideration.

The use of lethal force--and I am saying drones, guns, or whatever else--would not be appropriate in that circumstance.

the primary purpose of the background check system is to make sure that people who should not have guns do not get them.

We need to try to expand the number of people who participate in voting, make it as easy as we can...

There is an election crime division within the Public Integrity Section.

It is clear, the scientific evidence is clear.