Latest Jeff Sessions Quotes from Interviews

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• When you suveil a person abroad, you don't have to have a warrant to do so. That has never been so they don't have the fourth amendment protection. On occasion, that person might call somebody in the United States, and if they're a terrorist, you really want to know who they are talking to. Maybe they're plotting an attack on the United States.

  Jeff Sessions

  Protection, Terrorist

  Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

• I understand Donald Trump's goals. That's why I supported him for president. I share his beliefs that we've got to do more about crime, more about illegal immigration, more about gangs and violence and it's an honor and a pleasure to be able to lead that effort.

  Jeff Sessions

  Goal, Effort, Honor

  Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

• The President of the United States is a strong leader. Donald Trump is determined to move this country in the direction he believes it needs to go to make us great again and he has had a lot of criticisms and he's steadfastly determined to get his job done and he wants all of us to our jobs and that's what I'm going to do.

  Jeff Sessions

  Country, Strong, Believe

  Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

• I do believe that if you continually go through a cycle of amnesty, that you undermine the respect for the law and encourage more illegal immigration into America.

  Jeff Sessions

  Believe, Immigration, Illegal Immigration

  Source: www.pbs.org

• I have always loved the law. It is the very foundation of our great country. It's the exceptional foundation of America.

  Jeff Sessions

  Country, Exceptional, Great Country

  Source: www.pbs.org

• The suggestion that I participated in any collusion, that I was aware of any collusion with the Russian government to hurt my country, which I have served with honor for 35 years, or to undermine the integrity of our democratic process, is an appalling and detestable lie.

  Jeff Sessions

  Country, Hurt, Integrity

  Source: www.pbs.org

• I have never met with or had any conversation with any Russians or any foreign officials concerning any type of interference with any campaign or election in the United States.

  Jeff Sessions

  Election, Interference

  Source: www.pbs.org

• I am not stonewalling. I am following the historic policies of the Department of Justice.

  Jeff Sessions

  Justice, Historic, Policy

  Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

• I tried to give my best and truthful answer to any committee I have appeared before and it's really - people are suggesting through innuendo that I have been not honest about matters and I've tried to be honest.

  Jeff Sessions

  People, Giving, Honest

  Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

• In seven years, we'll have the highest percentage of Americans non-native born since the founding of the republic. And some people think, "Well, we've always had these numbers." But it's not so. This is very unusual. It's a radical change. And in fact, when the numbers reached about this high in 1924, the president and Congress changed the policy, and it slowed down immigration significantly. And we then assimilated through the 1965 and created really the solid middle class of America, with assimilated immigrants, and it was good for America.

  Jeff Sessions

  Thinking, People, President

  Source: www.truth-out.org

• Politicians are supposed to be empathetic. And, yes, I am, actually.

  Jeff Sessions

  Politician, Empathetic, Supposed To Be

  Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

• I am concerned about a president [Bill Clinton] under oath, being alleged to have committed perjury. I hope that he can rebut that and prove that did not happen.

  Jeff Sessions

  President, Bills, Clinton

  Source: www.chicagotribune.com

• I never had meetings with Russian operatives or Russian intermediaries about the [Donald] Trump campaign.

  Jeff Sessions

  Campaigns, Trump, Meetings

  Source: www.chicagotribune.com

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

  Jeff Sessions

  Jobs, Integrity, Rights

  "Jeff Sessions Previously Denied Federal Judgeship Amid Racism Controversy". Interview with Nina Totenberg, wxxinews.org. January 9, 2017.

• I am not the Jeff Sessions my detractors have tried to create. I am not a racist. I am not insensitive to blacks.

  Jeff Sessions

  Racist, Insensitive, Session

  "Sen. Jeff Sessions Shares Donald Trump's Hardline View On Immigration". "Morning Edition" with Renee Montagne, ksmu.org. July 14, 2016.

• Good people don't smoke marijuana.

  Jeff Sessions

  Marijuana, People, Good People

  Source: m.motherjones.com

• When a nation uses their improperly gained or intelligence-wise gained information to take policy positions that impact another nation's democracy or their approach to any issue, then that raises real serious matters.

  Jeff Sessions

  Wise, Real, Issues

  Source: www.motherjones.com

• We know the Chinese have revealed millions of background information on millions of people in the United States, and these, I suppose, ultimately are part of international big-power politics.

  Jeff Sessions

  People, Chinese, United States

  Source: www.motherjones.com

• Some of my best friends are FBI agents.

  Jeff Sessions

  Fbi Agents, My Best Friend, Agents

  Source: www.motherjones.com

• I am totally committed to maintaining the freedom and equality America has to provide to every citizen.

  Jeff Sessions

  America, Citizens, Maintaining

  Source: www.esquire.com

• We can never go back.

  Jeff Sessions

  Source: www.esquire.com

• I just want you to know that as a southerner, who actually saw discrimination and have no doubt it existed in a systematic and powerful and negative way to the people - great millions of people in the South, particularly, of America - I know that was wrong. I know we need to do better.

  Jeff Sessions

  Powerful, America, People

  Source: www.esquire.com

• When I came up as a United States Attorney, I had no real support group. I didn't prepare myself well in 1986, and there was an organized effort to caricature me as someone I wasn't. True. It was very painful. I didn't know how to respond and didn't respond very well.

  Jeff Sessions

  Real, Support, Effort

  Source: www.esquire.com

• I understand the lifelong scars born by women who are victims of assault and abuse.

  Jeff Sessions

  Abuse, Scar, Victim

  Source: www.esquire.com

• I understand the demands for justice and fairness made by the L.G.B.T. community.

  Jeff Sessions

  Justice, Community, Demand

  Source: www.esquire.com