110 Quotes by Eric Holder

No individual or company, no matter how large or how profitable, is above the law.

There's a certain level of vehemence, it seems to me, that's directed at me [and] directed at the president. You know, people talking about taking their country back. ... There's a certain racial component to this for some people. I don't think this is the thing that is a main driver, but for some there's a racial animus.

Some have argued that the President is required to get permission from a federal court before taking action against a United States citizen who is a senior operational leader of al Qaeda or associated forces. This is simply not accurate. 'Due process' and 'judicial process' are not one and the same, particularly when it comes to national security. The Constitution guarantees due process, not judicial process.

I am the attorney general of the United States. But I am also a black man,

The inability to pass reasonable gun safety laws after the Newtown massacre is something that weighs heavily on my mind.

The full resources of the Department of Justice have been committed to the investigation into Michael Brown's death.

I’ll leave here with my head held high and with confidence that history will judge my time here.

Though this nation has proudly thought of itself as an ethnic melting pot, in things racial we have always been and I believe continue to be, in too many ways, essentially a nation of cowards.

People feel uncomfortable talking about racial issues out of fear that if they express things, they will be characterized in a way that’s not fair. I think that there is still a need for a dialogue about things racial that we’ve not engaged in.