7 Quotes & Sayings By Eric Holder

Eric Holder was born in New York City on June 20, 1961. He is the second African American to serve as Attorney General of the United States, and was President Obama's first choice to be his nominee for U.S. Secretary of Defense. Holder attended the University of Chicago on a scholarship from Henry Louis Gates Jr., who at that time was a professor at Harvard Law School Read more

After earning a bachelor's degree from Georgetown University in 1983, he attended Harvard Law School, graduating in 1987 with a law degree. Holder began his career as a civil rights lawyer focusing on voter registration and also worked for two years with the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation while earning a master's degree in public policy from Harvard. In 1993, he joined the Justice Department under President Bill Clinton before being appointed by President Barack Obama at age 37 to be Deputy Attorney General of the United States.

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I am not a proponent of the death penalty, but I will enforce the law as this Congress gives it to us. Eric Holder
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I sit here as the first African-American attorney general, serving the first African-American President of the United States. And that has to show that we have made a great deal of progress. But there's still more we have to travel along this road so we get to the place that is consistent with our founding ideals. Eric Holder
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Those who peacefully gather to express sympathy for the family of Michael Brown must have their rights respected at all times. And journalists must not be harassed or prevented from covering a story that needs to be told. Eric Holder
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It's a sad indication of where Washington has come, where policy differences almost necessarily become questions of integrity. I came to Washington in the late '70s, and people had the ability in the past to have intense policy differences but didn't feel the need to question the other person's character. Eric Holder
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Saturdays and Sundays, America in the year 2009 does not in some ways differ significantly from the country that existed almost 50 years ago. This is truly sad. Eric Holder
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I don't even talk about whether or not racial profiling is legal. I just don't think racial profiling is a particularly good law enforcement tool. Eric Holder