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
Jun 24, 2026

The ICE warehouse proposal was every bit as ill-conceived as it was cruel and unnecessary, and I am relieved that this chapter is coming to a close.

abcnews.com
Jun 18, 2026

Romulus simply was not – and never would be – the appropriate place for a large-scale detention center.

michiganadvance.com
Jun 16, 2026

Non-profits and 501(c)4 organizations are meant to support the public welfare and wellbeing, they’re not a personal slush fund for the politically connected.

michiganadvance.com
Jun 11, 2026

This wasn't an abstract or peaceful kidnapping case. The evidence presented at trial explicitly proved a considered and coordinated plan among these men to kidnap and brutally murder the Governor, killing as many members of law enforcement…

cbsnews.com
Aug 8, 2025

Americans should know and understand how deeply compromised our federal law enforcement agencies are.

commondreams.org
May 12, 2025

By clawing back this already-allocated funding, Donald Trump's White House is prioritizing political posturing over the safety and well-being of Americans.

cbsnews.com
Feb 12, 2025

No cabinet secretary or director has the ability to just wholesale eliminate a congressionally created agency. It was created through an act of Congress. It can only be eliminated through an act of Congress.

transcripts.cnn.com
Feb 12, 2025

We've never had a special employee of the president behave as basically a super cabinet secretary who has authority over every single agency in federal government.

transcripts.cnn.com
Feb 12, 2025

He is an unelected billionaire, who is acting really like a king.

transcripts.cnn.com
Aug 2, 2023

The most political thing that Jack Smith could possibly do in the face of overwhelming evidence of guilt would be not to charge Donald Trump at all.

transcripts.cnn.com
Aug 2, 2023

Firstly, very clearly, this is a coordinated campaign that started at the top, you know, started with the former president of the United States, and then went into all of these other states.

transcripts.cnn.com
Jun 19, 2022

I don’t see how the DOJ can do anything but take action. It’s -- the evidence is overwhelming.

msnbc.com
Jun 19, 2022

I don`t see how the DOJ can do anything but take action. It`s -- the evidence is overwhelming.

msnbc.com
Jun 19, 2022

There was this effort to completely undermine the election and subvert the vote utilizing this -- this -- what seems like a harebrained scheme using the false slate of electors that actually almost worked.

msnbc.com
May 18, 2022

This injunction is a victory for the millions of Michigan women fighting for their rights.

msnbc.com
May 9, 2022

Our constitution under the Michigan Constitution under the Equal Protection Clause, under the Due Process Clause, the rights of women in our state are protected, and that this is a fundamental right, even under our state constitution.

msnbc.com
May 9, 2022

The resources of our State Department of Justice are far better used investigating and prosecuting serious offenses, and that there is no reason to use those resources instead to infringe on fundamental reproductive freedom by…

msnbc.com
May 9, 2022

Politicians do not belong in our doctor`s offices, they don`t belong in our bedrooms, and they should not be making these kinds of decisions on behalf of the American public and on behalf of women across America.

msnbc.com
May 9, 2022

They're trying to regulate women's bodies, and that's what they've wanted to do from the very beginning.

msnbc.com
May 9, 2022

The majority knew that they wanted to overturn Roe. They have very right wing radicalized beliefs about whether or not women should have control over their own bodies and bodily autonomy.

msnbc.com
May 7, 2022

I think that what's going to happen is doctors will be so afraid that there will be investigations into these procedures, even understanding that many times those procedures are performed where there -- you know, there is no viability any…

nbcnews.com
May 7, 2022

I refuse to enforce this draconian law that will endanger their lives and put in jeopardy the health, safety and welfare of the lives of each and every woman in the state of Michigan.

nbcnews.com
May 7, 2022

Politicians do not belong in our doctor's offices. They don't belong in our bedrooms. And they should not be making these kinds of decisions on behalf of the American public and on behalf of women across America.

nbcnews.com
May 7, 2022

But let's make it very clear: the radical and extremist position of the Republicans in our state and all around the country completely contradicts what the public wants, and it really does place the lives of women in jeopardy.

nbcnews.com
May 5, 2022

I am not going to enforce the law. Nor will I defend the law, which I believe is unconstitutional.

msnbc.com

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