Debbie Wasserman Schultz Quotes

I grew up in the Justice Department. I served 12 years as a line lawyer in the public integrity section. This department under me will not have any kind of political interference. I will not allow political interference in the Justice Department. Those who might attempt to do that will be rebuffed.

Nobody is above the law. Imagine if there allegations against Modi and he is the Prime Minister. Should the case not be pursued just because he has become the PM. It should not be so that it should be stopped. I am 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.

Secret courts require great faith that the Justice Department - and future Justice Departments - will act with integrity.

Our country is fortunate to have Bill Barr, a man of integrity who has served two U.S. Presidents, as our Attorney General.

The vision that the founding fathers had of rule of law and equality before the law and no one above the law, that is a very viable vision, but instead of that, we have quasi mob rule.

I have to think of my status as a resident in this country. But I do insist that in Paraguay there was order; the judiciary had the power of complete independence; justice was fully exercised.

This House cannot function without an open, accountable, and independent ethics process; and the molestation of that process by the majority is an abuse of power that cannot stand.

I know that I and my office acted with the highest integrity as an independent inspector general should act.

Thus, the Archivist must display at all times scrupulous independence and a devotion to the laws and principles which govern the responsibilities of the office.

The Department of Justice should never be reduced to a political arm of the White House.

Transparency and the rule of law will be the touchstones of this presidency.

It was my idea to keep the [Justice] Department purely a law office and not have it engage in the administration of legislation. This was based on my view that the best quality in a lawyer’s advice is disinterestedness.

We need an attorney general for the people, not a presidential protector and puppet of the administration.

The attorney general should be a watchdog for the rule of law, not a lapdog for the president - simple as that.

My job is to enforce the law, without fear or favor.

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

Were I confirmed as a judge, I would decide cases according to the rule of law beginning to end.

As attorney general I see my role as defender both of press freedom and of the fair administration of justice.

Look, Bill Barr can choose to be a lying partisan hack. It just means he needs to go work for the Trump campaign but he can't be attorney general. That's a position that requires independence, integrity, an oath to the constitution.

The Department of Justice must be nonpartisan and uphold the rule of law. Likewise, the leader of that department - the Attorney General - must always be independent and focused on doing the right thing, regardless of the politics.

My attorney general will restore the integrity of the Department of Justice which has been severely questioned.

I think that whoever is the attorney general, you don't want them to be as a yes person for any particular constituency.

The problem is not that the Supreme Court is just conservative, the problem is that it is corrupt.