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It was a privilege to serve as the assistant attorney general for civil rights, a role that allowed me to enforce the Civil Rights Act and help make its promise a reality.

Though the Attorney General of the United States carries many responsibilities and undertakes many tasks, there can be none more important than the pursuit of civil rights on behalf of all the people of this country.

I have supported civil rights activity in my state. I have done my job with integrity, equality, and fairness for all.

The civil service are risk averse.

I'm a civil rights attorney. I'm a victim rights attorney.

I am not a civil rights leader, and I don't profess to be one.

As Attorney General, my most important responsibility is keeping New Yorkers safe by enforcing the laws that protect our people from harm. But another fundamental part of my job is to seek to advance the basic American principle of equal justice under law.

My role was to bring about fairness in the workplace. All I did was implement the laws that were currently on the books.

I was an attorney general. That was - that matters to me, and if you won't obey your own rules, there's no reason to think you'll obey any others.