24 Quotes & Sayings By Janet Reno

Janet Reno, the first woman and first Democrat to serve as Attorney General of the United States, was born in 1939 and is currently a partner at Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP. She is a member of the Board of Directors of American Bridge and a Trustee of Leadership and Public Policy for Emerge America, and she has served on the Boards of the National Academy Foundation and the National Council on Crime and Delinquency. She is also a member of the Board of Directors of the National Biographical Society, Inc., The National Law Center for Children, The New York City Bar Association, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The New York University School of Law Alumni Association, The New York City Bar Foundation, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Inc., The Paley Center for Media, Inc., Rockefeller University Hospital, The Rockefeller University, Rockefeller University Medical School Advisory Board, The Rockefeller University Trustees, Inc., Rockefeller University Alumni Association, Rockefeller University Graduate School Advisory Board, The Rockefeller University Medical School Alumni Association in New York City, The Scarborough House Foundation, Inc., The United Nations Foundation in New York City

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I made the decision. I'm accountable. Janet Reno
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The Department of Justice is committed to asking one central question of everything we do: What is the right thing to do? Now that can produce debate and I want it to be spirited debate. I want the lawyers of America to be able to call me and tell me: Janet have you lost your mind? Janet Reno
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It is the police of America who are on the front lines, who are on the streets, who are in the daily contact with American citizens, who translate the dreams of American citizens when they succeed and frustrate the dreams when they fail. Janet Reno
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Our challenge is to remind ourselves that we do have common interest, common grounds, and common dreams. Janet Reno
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I have learned that raising children is the single most difficult thing in the world to do. It takes hard work, love, luck, and a lot of energy, and it is the most rewarding experience that you can ever have. Janet Reno
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Peer mediation is a chance for students to work with other students to help them resolve problems, arguments, disagreements without having to get the teacher or the administration involved. Janet Reno
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Diversity is valued, and it is prized. We learn to appreciate each other and each other's struggles. From diversity, we draw our enormous and our lasting strength. Janet Reno
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Draw great strength from your family and give in turn to those who come after you. Janet Reno
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If you have a good community behind you and a good family supporting you, then, when the buck stops with you, there is the strength of that community and that family to draw upon. Janet Reno
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Let us develop an agenda for children that says we can do something about teen pregnancy. Let us make sure that parents are old enough, wise enough, and financially able to take care of their children. Janet Reno
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Do and act on what you believe to be right, and you'll wake up the next morning feeling good about yourself. Janet Reno
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I would like to visit with people who are so interesting and so... and there are so many wonderful people out there that I would love to have the chance to talk to for a longer time. Janet Reno
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We want to look at everything we can do that's right and proper under federal law, and with federal laws to see that the children of America are given a chance to grow as strong, constructive, healthy human beings. It's the best investment we can possibly make in America. Janet Reno
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Schools can do extraordinary things given the chance teachers can do remarkable things if we eliminate the paperwork that sometimes binds them and give them a chance to really teach in our schools. Janet Reno
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What good is telling America's children that they will have equal opportunity for education if they don't have the skills that will even get them to the point of benefiting from education, because they didn't have the child care, the health care that would enable them to grow as strong and constructive human beings? Janet Reno
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We have initiated programs for re-entry offenders, since some 500, 000 to 600, 000 offenders will come out of prison each year for the next three or four years. We want to have positive alternatives when they come back to the community. Janet Reno
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Being a lawyer is not merely a vocation. It is a public trust, and each of us has an obligation to give back to our communities. Janet Reno
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I admire law enforcement agents who put their lives on the line to enforce the law while building trust and understanding within a community and around the world. I honor those who seek justice for all the people of this country. Janet Reno
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The keystone to justice is the belief that the legal system treats all fairly. Janet Reno
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The good lawyer is the great salesman. Janet Reno
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I think lawyers who engage in pro bono service to protect those who cannot help themselves are truly the heroes and the heroines of the legal profession. Janet Reno
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I have been surrounded by some of the smartest, brightest, most caring lawyers, by agents who are willing to risk their lives for others, by support staff that are willing to work as hard as they can. Janet Reno
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I think, clearly, where you have a situation in which the Solicitor General tells me, 'I cannot in good faith argue a certainly legal position, ' and if the president told us to argue that position, we would have to tell him, 'No, we can't do that, Mr. President.' Janet Reno