Janet Reno Quotes


We simply must find ways both to bridge the differences that still seem to divide us and focus on the things that we share.


Citations

Reno, Janet. "Address on Civil Rights." United States Department of Justice, 18 Jan. 1999.

Related Quotes

Americans have always been ambivalent over negotiating with nations or regimes that are regarded as illegitimate and/or evil. If we do, we are implicitly recognizing them and if we don’t, there are few possibilities of reducing hostilities.


The quotation was made in the context of the Arab Israeli conflict, but the principle is general.


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.