Eric Schneiderman Quotes

Protections in law should be protections in fact.

I will defend and enforce the laws of our country to ensure that our people and our nation are protected.

The people of the FBI are sworn to protect both security and liberty. It isn't a question of conflict. We must care deeply about protecting liberty through due process of law, while also safeguarding the citizens we serve - in every investigation.

When those who uphold the law are strong, the state is strong. When they are weak, the state is weak

This country does not punish its political enemies. What this country ensures is that no one is above the law.

No one is above the law, not even the President.

Obama can show that America's promise of equality not only means that anyone can reach the highest office in the land - it also means that everyone is equally subject to the law.

As attorney general of Missouri, I am my state's chief law enforcement officer. I swore an oath to uphold the rule of law, and that means fighting violence and oppression wherever it exists, especially violence against the poor and vulnerable.

The Attorney General is not above the law.

I do want to make clear that I am personally committed to the integrity of the Department of Justice. Since becoming acting attorney general, I have run the department to the best of my ability, with fidelity to the law and to the Constitution.

I simply apply the law fairly and equally to all our citizens.

Laws must be clear, precise, and uniform for all citizens.

You know, as attorney general, there's no issue more important than making sure you are safe, that your families are safe.

The United States is a nation of laws: badly written and randomly enforced.

And it is no less true, that personal security and private property rest entirely upon the wisdom, the stability, and the integrity of the courts of justice.

Doing a thing by law, or according to law, is only carrying the law into execution. And punishing a man by, or according to, the sentence or judgment of his peers, is only carrying that sentence or judgment into execution.

Wouldn't it be better to have a watertight law designed to catch the guilty, rather than a press release law designed to catch the headlines?

When I was a prosecutor in Kansas City, my job was to fight for justice and safety for all citizens in my community. Equal access to justice under the law is an American value embedded in the fabric of our legal and political system - the idea that anybody, powerful or not, can have their day in court.

The state of law is equal for all people. It cannot depend on electoral politics.

The whole idea of equal justice under law means that you've got to play by the rules. It has nothing to do with the underlying subject matter. You just tell the truth.

As a former attorney general. I have the greatest respect for the criminal justice system. But it is not good at intelligence gathering.

The American people do not want people thumbing their nose at the law. It undercuts the very fabric of our society and the system of civil justice and of criminal justice as well.

If we are to keep our democracy, there must be one commandment: 'Thou shalt not ration justice.'

The whole duty of government is to prevent crime and to preserve contracts.

Why do we have U.S. attorneys? Because we need a mechanism to make sure people obey the laws that we pass, for societal reasons.