Janet Reno Quotes


I don’t do spin.


Context

She was one of the few politicians who did not. Even when she was being castigated by Republicans for her handling of the Waco Standoff and the Elian Gonzalez case she never resorted to spinning.


Citations

Janet Reno Quoted on CBS News November 7, 2016

Sourced by: Eigen's Political and Historical Quotations

Related Quotes

This is one of the proverbs of King Solomon of the Jews, son of King David. This quotation urges a leader to avoid advisors and appointees who do not tell the truth.


Janet Reno
Janet Reno
  • Born: July 21, 1938
  • Died: November 7, 2016
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Public Servant

Janet Wood Reno was an American lawyer who served as the Attorney General of the United States from 1993 until 2001. President Bill Clinton nominated Reno on February 11, 1993, and the Senate confirmed her the following month. She was the first woman to serve as Attorney General and the second-longest serving Attorney General in U.S. history, after William Wirt.