Let us develop an agenda for children that says we can do something about teen pregnancy. Let us make sure that parents are old enough, wise enough, and financially able to take care of their children. – Janet Reno
We’re building on an international network with many others for the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act. There are so many things we can do to carry forward policies. – Janet Reno
If somebody thinks I have an integrity problem, then the honest thing to do is to tell me what they think it is and let me address it. – Janet Reno
The president really shouldn’t be involved in terms of dictating what course the investigation should take. – Janet Reno
I didn’t like the Feds coming to town when I was in Miami, telling me what to do. I didn’t like them coming to town and thinking that they knew more about Miami than I do. – Janet Reno
There may sometimes be a mistake, but I think that the citizens of America who are sworn to uphold their duty in a jury setting are going to try to do their best to do that regardless of the consequences. – Janet Reno
Being a lawyer is not merely a vocation. It is a public trust, and each of us has an obligation to give back to our communities. – Janet Reno
It helps to know how to lose. You know it is not the end of the world, and you pick yourself up and move ahead. – Janet Reno
I think the answer to civil disorder in America, the answer to police problems in America, the answer to jail overcrowding and all the problems that we see is – the one answer is that government must go back to its people. – Janet Reno
I think police officers can work with social workers and public health nurses to do so much in terms of addressing the problem of American families, of children in American families as a whole, and giving them an opportunity to get off to a fresh start, to become self-sufficient, to lead safe, constructive lives. – Janet Reno
I was personally opposed to the death penalty, and yet I think I have probably asked for the death penalty more than most people in the United States. – Janet Reno
We’ve got to look to our educational programs and focus on doing what we can to stem violence in the schools. – Janet Reno
I’m humbled by the honor that President Clinton has done me in nominatinq me as Attorney General of the United States, and I’m going to do my very best to deserve his confidence. – Janet Reno
I collected child support in Dade County, and they wrote a rap song about me, so the kids knew about it, and they started asking me questions about child support. What happens if she wastes the money? What happens if he doesn’t pay? And I answered the questions. – Janet Reno
I want to do what I can to make the law make sense to citizens and businesses alike. I want the laws to assist them in worthwhile endeavors, not to stand as bureaucratic obstacles. – Janet Reno
I have been surrounded by some of the smartest, brightest, most caring lawyers, by agents who are willing to risk their lives for others, by support staff that are willing to work as hard as they can. – Janet Reno
Juveniles as well as adults need to know they’re going to be punished for their violent acts. – Janet Reno
I would like to explore and see this country. I have had so many opportunities to see it from the air! I would like to climb the mountains that I wished I could climb at the time but had to get back to Washington. – Janet Reno
One of the problems in America is that everybody focuses on their own narrow little bit of the problem without connecting punishment and prevention together, without connecting the schools and the police together, without connecting the pediatricians and the social workers together. – Janet Reno
Do and act on what you believe to be right, and you’ll wake up the next morning feeling good about yourself. – Janet Reno
Under a death penalty statute that is going to stand up to constitutional muster, you look at the aggravating circumstances and the mitigating circumstances. – Janet Reno
I would like to use the law of this land to do everything I possibly can to protect America’s children from abuse and violence and to give to each of them the opportunity to grow to be strong, healthy and self-sufficient citizens of this country. – Janet Reno
We have initiated programs for re-entry offenders, since some 500,000 to 600,000 offenders will come out of prison each year for the next three or four years. We want to have positive alternatives when they come back to the community. – Janet Reno
We must honor, protect and support our police officers and their families every day of the year. – Janet Reno
As a child, I wanted to be a lawyer because I thought lawyers and the law were wonderful. But they are more wonderful, I think, than I had thought. – Janet Reno
While I’m the Attorney General, we will address each issue with one question: What’s the right thing to do? – Janet Reno