Alberto Gonzales Quotes & Sayings

“I will be the first to admit I am not perfect and I make mistakes.”

“I want to be clear. No company is too big to be prosecuted. We have zero tolerance for corporate fraud, but we also recognize the importance of avoiding collateral consequences whenever possible.”

“There are, for example, exemptions in FOIA in which the government can withhold certain kinds of information, and the courts have recognized that there is certain documentation that do deserve protection, that certain privileges do apply and do deserve protection.”

“I'll leave it to others to try to determine whether or not that was unfair or not. I'm not the nominee.”

“But the Congress has made the determination that certain kinds of information can be protected even though the American people may want to have access to information.”

“Jim, I'm not aware of any formal requests from the Senate Judiciary Committee for these kinds of documents.”

“I think what we ought to be focusing on is that we are on path for the release of 75,000 pages of documents in connection with John Roberts' work in the White House, as in the counselor's office and as his time working as an assistant in the office of the attorney general.”

“We respect the role of the Senate. We respect the authority of the Senate to look at the qualifications of Judge Roberts, and at the end of the day I'm optimistic that if given a fair hearing and a fair opportunity, that he will be confirmed.”

“In this job, you're going to make decisions. You'll say things that some people are going to love them, some people are going to hate them. It's just part of the job.”

“Well, there is an attorney-client privilege here that needs to be respected, and it's a privilege that has been found to be worthy of protection by our courts.”