Political Quotes

Dana Nessel

The Public Record

American politician and lawyer (born 1969)

Quotes by year · 2020–2026108 total · peak 2026 (29)
2020: 28 quotes2021: 22 quotes2022: 22 quotes2023: 2 quotes2025: 5 quotes2026: 29 quotes

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  1. I feel like my presence isn’t going to be welcome. I don’t want to get chased around. I don’t want to get harassed. I don’t want to get yelled and screamed at. I don’t want to get booed off the stage, irrespective of what I’m saying.2 sources2026michiganadvance.com
  2. This cannot continue, and the fact of the matter is, we have to be able to be a society where we can have intelligent discourse and debate about ideas without people being threatened, and certainly without people carrying out those threats.2 sources2026michiganadvance.com
Sep 26, 2026

Keeping the Campbell plant open past its May 2025 retirement date had cost about $259 million as of Sept. 11.

dailycaller.com
Sep 3, 2026

Kalshi long attempted to pass itself off as a legitimate gaming operation in our state, and I am relieved that this order further protects Michigan residents from its predatory, unlicensed practices.

michiganadvance.com
Aug 27, 2026

I will never vote for Republican Mike Rogers, though Jewish Michigan Democrats are now backing him.

dailycaller.com
Aug 27, 2026

And that’s the kind of mentality that bothers me a lot.

dailycaller.com
Aug 26, 2026

The money from the settlement will act as a down payment toward an industry-wide social media experience that allows kids to connect in a healthy way.

michiganadvance.com
Aug 26, 2026

It is my hope that this is a turning point for the entire social media industry to prioritize the safety and well-being of children over their bottom line.

michiganadvance.com
Aug 26, 2026

Now, the responsibility to protect our youth cannot end here.

michiganadvance.com
Aug 26, 2026

For too many years, social media platforms have traded our children’s mental health for engagement on their apps.

michiganadvance.com
Aug 26, 2026

It’s frustrating that justice has evaded the people of Flint.

abcnews.com
Aug 26, 2026

I think it’s impossible to separate those things.

abcnews.com
Aug 26, 2026

I hope this offering revealing the inner workings of our dedicated investigators and prosecutors who helmed this yearslong effort and the facts and evidence which guided them may tell one part of the story of the Flint water crisis, and…

abcnews.com
Aug 25, 2026

When I put myself into the shoes of the prosecutors entrusted with this case, even in hindsight, I could never have imagined a scenario where there would be an issue in using the one person grand jury.

michiganadvance.com
Aug 25, 2026

I harbor a deep regret that the information included in this report exists solely here upon its pages, and was not exhibited in a public courtroom as it should have been.

michiganadvance.com
Aug 17, 2026

My office remains committed to challenging these unlawful extensions before the Court to protect our ratepayers.

michiganadvance.com
Aug 17, 2026

After six so-called emergency orders, it is clear that DOE intends to stretch Section 202(c) of the Federal Power Act to force an aging, obsolete plant to operate indefinitely.

michiganadvance.com
Aug 16, 2026

Make no mistake, my office stands ready to hold accountable those who attempt to unlawfully interfere with or intimidate Michigan election workers.

huffpost.com
Aug 14, 2026

In my office, we’ve always taken election crimes seriously, and prosecute attacks on our voting systems to the fullest extent of the law.

michiganadvance.com
Aug 10, 2026

Despite the enormity of this project, DTE’s application omitted or glossed over several categories of investment costs, declined to provide modelling as normally used to evaluate large investment proposals, and presented extensively…

michiganadvance.com
Aug 7, 2026

The Michigan Consumer Protection Act was once the envy of consumer protection efforts across the nation, and today we can once again claim that mantle with these two abhorrent decisions off the books.

michiganadvance.com
Aug 7, 2026

The law even provides parameters for federal and congressional poll monitors. We encourage everyone to participate and see for themselves how secure and fair our elections are – but make no mistake, my office stands ready to hold…

talkingpointsmemo.com
Aug 3, 2026

I believe that if I go, that is what will happen because it’s been happening to me.

washingtonexaminer.com
Jul 30, 2026

This cannot continue, and the fact of the matter is, we have to be able to be a society where we can have intelligent discourse and debate about ideas without people being threatened, and certainly without people carrying out those threats.

michiganadvance.com
Jul 30, 2026

I feel like my presence isn’t going to be welcome. I don’t want to get chased around. I don’t want to get harassed. I don’t want to get yelled and screamed at. I don’t want to get booed off the stage, irrespective of what I’m saying.

michiganadvance.com
Jul 8, 2026

We encourage everyone to participate and see for themselves how secure and fair our elections are — but make no mistake, my office stands ready to hold accountable those who attempt to unlawfully interfere with or intimidate Michigan…

talkingpointsmemo.com

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