Patrick Leahy Quotes on People (12 Quotes)

The position of attorney general is of extreme importance, ... The attorney general needs the full confidence of the president, and needs the full confidence and trust of the American people.

It appears that the letter sent to me may contain enough spores to kill well over a 100,000 people, but it also may well have evidence, fingerprints or anything else,

Our criminal justice system is not working as it should when innocent people are convicted of serious crimes and then spend decades -- or have even reached the end of death row -- before the mistakes, if ever, are caught.

I am appalled at their audacious disregard for the health of the American people, ... It is time to put people first, and to stop letting the big polluters and the special interests write the rules and run the show over at EPA.

let some healthy sunshine into the Senate to exposed a flawed rule that puts special interests over the health of the American people.

We should have been eagerly telling that part of the world, especially the Muslim part of that world, that we here in America are generous, are good people, and we are strongly committed to help them.

The attorney general plays a role in bringing people together, ... But Senator Ashcroft has often taken aggressively activist positions on a number of issues that deeply divide the American people. He had a right to take these positions, but we also have a right and duty to evaluate how these position will affect his conduct as attorney general.

This is the only chance the American people, all the American people, have to see what he is, ... It is the only chance, no matter what part of the country you are from, no matter who you are, this is the only time you get a chance to see - this is the person who is going to be given the power to protect my rights, so it is important to do it well.

There are a lot of good legal thinkers who question the reasoning that went into Roe, not the result, but the reasoning, ... Is this, in his mind, settled law He is going to be asked that by a number of people.

This hearing is the only chance that 'We the People' have to hear from and reflect on the suitability of the nominee to be a final arbiter of the meaning of the Constitution, ... Open and honest public conversation with the nominee in these hearing rooms is an important part of this process.

I've been sitting on my porch all summer reading everything I can about Judge Roberts. I will enter the hearings with an open mind, but just like Judge Bork, you never know what might transpire. We've got to get to the bottom of these documents and really go to work for the American people.

What strikes some people as 'indecent' or 'patently offensive' may look very different to other people in another part of the country.