Preet Bharara Quotes

The Attorney General is not above the law.

It is like we are obliged to assume that the government is only doing what it says it is doing.

As someone with a deep faith in competition and the market, I also know that markets only work with tough enforcement of the rules that guarantee competition and fair play - and that the pressure to break those rules only gets stronger as the amount of money involved gets larger.

My government will be open. Anyone found guilty of corruption will be dealt with in accordance with the law. If you are corrupt you will have to hang your boots.

It is as much the duty of government to render prompt justice against itself, in favor of citizens, as it is to administer the same between private individuals.

The American people must be able to trust that their courts and law enforcement will uphold, protect, and defend their constitutional rights.

There is no more important institution in our country than the Department of Justice.

Our government has to be held accountable for enforcing the law. Tamir Rice, the fact that they could exonerate that police person [who killed him], and Tamir's family was charged for the ambulance to take him [to the hospital]. It's inhumane.

Government that is open and honest will always be able to withstand the light of day.

I don't get paid to serve the president. I get paid to serve the public and what I think is in the interest of justice, no matter who the president is.

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

I think the American public has gone from really almost white-hot anger in 2010 to an anxiety knowing their government needs to work.

I think there should be national standards on the use of legal force.

You can truly grieve for every officer who's been lost in the line of duty in this country, and still be troubled by cases of police overreach.

Transparency in government leads to reduced corruption.

This is government's primary function - to keep us safe - and when large percentages in America don't feel safe, they start asking: What am I paying my taxes for? What is government all about?

I'd wish the government took honest people into consideration, it shows enough consideration for scoundrels.

I think it's important to remember that the court itself, the federal government itself belongs to the American people.

A rigid economy of the public contributions and absolute interdiction of all useless expenses will go far towards keeping the government honest and unoppressive.

Oh, law and order! I often think it is that that is at the bottom of all the misery in the world.

Remember the attorney general is not a member of the president's staff. He's the attorney general of the United States. He's there to represent all of us, and it means all the laws have to be enforced fairly. And you can't bring your individual prejudices in there.

It's important to recognize the vital role that the financial markets play in our economy and that so many of you are contributing to. To function effectively those markets and the men and women who shape them have to command trust and confidence, because we all rely on the market's transparency and integrity. So even if it may not be 100 percent true, if the perception is that somehow the game is rigged, that should be a problem for all of us, and we have to be willing to make that absolutely clear.

I think Congress has spent enough time on ethics. I think it's time they moved on to something else.

I don't think it's going to be related to social or economic policies; it's going to be the fact that [Barack Obama] said let's go forward, not backward, in regard to the violations of law that occurred under the Bush administration.

The men who administer public affairs must first of all see that everyone holds onto what is his, and that private men are never deprived of their goods by public men.